blog; Motor Controller Options for 2015

[AllenGregoryIV]

I'm fine with the removal of the screw terminals. Andersons end up on our motor ends anyway and for a lot of our speed controllers we'll probably go directly in to the PD panel with the leads for power.

I'm more worried about the PWM cables being attached. We've had far more PWM wires go bad over the years than 12AWG wire. It's going to be a little more annoying to troubleshoot since you can't just swap the PWM wires around at the speed controller. However I am glad that they all come with wires and I would hope they are nice high quality cable and connectors.

Overall these seem like huge improvements over where we were in the past. These will be much easier to mount in hidden places since you don't really need to access them and it will be easier to mount spares on the robot in case a speed controller drops out. 610 has done this in the past but since these take even less room and it's hard to change wires with them, I think more teams wills start following that practice.