Brownout behavior - alternative design goals

[Michael Hill]

While having brownout at such a high voltage sucks, it should just be treated as another design constraint. It's basically a built-in current limiter, something that exists in A LOT of real devices. You go over [X] current, you blow your power budget...maybe it's just the Aerospace Engineer in me. Successful teams will find ways of managing their power budget (disengage a CIM when it's not needed, use thicker power wire, run the compressor at strategic times, etc.). I'm not saying I would like a lower brownout voltage, but I have a hard time thinking there's anything that will be done on the RoboRio to fix the issue. So for now, we just have to treat it as another constraint.