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Re: MindSensors SD540C Issues

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You can feel free to make CAN and power wires as short as you want without fear of having to blow $90 on a new motor controller.
Exactly.

[QUOTE-bobbysq;1642584]Also, to answer OP's question, this may just be the reality of the motor controllers. SD540(B) controllers were found not to be very reliable, and were outclassed by the SPARK in every way. Based on other people's teardowns of the original SD540, I assume this motor controller is using very cheap construction methods and components, leading to these failures.[/quote]

Thank you for this information, this is the first real information we've received. Do you have links to these teardowns that I can share with the electronics team? (I will also search, but if you have them at hand...)
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