FRC Blog - 2016 Motor Controllers

[Mark Sheridan]

Originally Posted by EricH

The problem is that then somebody is bound to try to ignore those limits and complain all over the Internet that the battery/power distribution/control/whatever system isn't good enough and needs to be fixed. (Just like the limits on pit setup during load-in!) It's not that the system is lousy, it's that you don't know how to use it properly!

Sometimes, you just have to have easy-to-enforce limits in place to keep someone from hurting themselves.

Just to argue the other way. It was kinda nice to stick with your favorite motors. Also, for 2015, I only used 3 CIMS and 2 550s , so next year I got to have another chance to go crazy with the motors.