Spark Motor Controller vs. Victor SP

[Michael Corsetto]

Just another point for all those considering these two options.

Having the existing wire on the Victor SP is a nice time-saver if you plan out your electronics layout properly. You should be locating your speed controllers near the PDP regardless, and sending the existing Victor SP input wires straight to the PDP saves a lot of crimping and heatshrink time!

I'd like to share our experience:

We always wire our robots on the 3rd weekend of build season. It took us two full 12 hour days to do this in 2014 with the old Talon (pre-SRX). We saved a lot of time in 2015 using the Victor SP due to the pre-existing 10 gauge wire, it only took our electrical team a day and a half (8 hour days this time!) to wire two full robots. This is partly due to the saved time on not using fork crimps and heat shrink anymore. The new control system (roborio) helped as well.

We are building three robots this year. Wiring all three robots this weekend will be a challenge, but using Victor SP's exclusively will save us valuable time to accomplish our scheduled objectives!

Good luck everyone!

-Mike

Edit: How could I forget, we don't bother crimping our own PWM cables anymore, and we don't have to hot-glue the PWM cable into the speed controller anymore. The integrated PWM cable is another huge time saver for us!