2015 Beta Testing - The Components are Here.

[Michael Hill]

Originally Posted by Greg McKaskle

The brownout behavior and voltage levels were a major testing area of the alpha. I'll let the alpha teams describe the details.

The goal is to keep the controller from rebooting for as long as possible. This includes having the motor controllers and possibly other components shut down when necessary to keep power to the roboRIO. It may be tweaked further during the beta, and again, I'll let the teams describe their experience with it.

Greg McKaskle

Any reason a backup battery wasn't implemented for this? I believe this was the exact reason it was included in the old IFI control system. I understand why it wasn't included with the cRio, but the RoboRio is a custom unit.