How to limit the maximum current a miniCIM can draw?

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As we're nearing the end of our final build design, we need a way to "cap" the current of our miniCIM that's controlling our arm mechanism for opening the portcullis to avoid accidentally damaging our motor on the field. Everything we've done so far has been fairly basic, so a simple solution would be the most helpful.

We have a miniCim with a 333:1 ratio (connected to a Spark, but a Talon SR is available). The JVN calculator says we'll have a current draw of 16.65 amps and a stall load of 90.13 lbs. We know this is overkill, but we wanted to be 100% sure we wouldn't have any issues lifting. The motor's only task is to open the portcullis, so the rotational speed of our arm will be static.

Are the stall current and stall load proportionally related? If we limited our current to 8.325 amps would the motor automatically stop when trying to lift more than 45.065 lbs.?

Also, how should we go about limiting the current of the motor? I would think this is a programming related problem, but I couldn't find any clear guides or tutorials online in LabVIEW for limiting the current of a motor.

Thank you for taking the time to read this! I hope we can figure out a doable solution to save our driver(s) the worry of making sure not to overload our arms against a wall or something on the field.