how many people have had failing jaguars

[bluebird]

I need to know so to make a decision on whether or not to use them. I've read atleast two people had them burnout.

[SWIM]

My team killed ours by wiring them improperly. So, try to avoid doing that if you use them.

[Cyberphil]

Im not sure what we did to ours, but they weren't working properly. We couldn't go backward, and all the wiring was working perfectly before.

[DonRotolo]

Ours still work fine.

[usbcd36]

Haven't had a problem with them yet! They're much better than the Victors were for the past few years; the robot is much more controllable.

[lynca]

Originally Posted by usbcd36

Haven't had a problem with them yet! They're much better than the Victors were for the past few years; the robot is much more controllable.

Jaguars do make driving your robot much more controllable at low speeds. This also could be due to the joysticks are more precise than analog joysticks.

One thing to remember is that the Jaguar size is twice as large than a victor footprint. If price is important , Jags are half the price of victors.

[wt200999]

They have been working great here so far

Originally Posted by Cyberphil

Im not sure what we did to ours, but they weren't working properly. We couldn't go backward, and all the wiring was working perfectly before.

The limit switch jumper isn't missing from the backward limit pin is it?

[KevinReid]

Our Jaguars are working fine still, no issues. Seem more controlled at low speeds than Victors were.

[Joe Ross]

We currently have 10 jaguars and have been running most of them for the last 2 months.

We had 1 jaguar that shipped without the PWM connector, and one that was missing a limit switch jumper. We RMAd the first one (painless) and added the jumper to the second. Other then those two manufacturing defects, we have had no failures.

[bluebird]

I asked because I've read that several people have had them burn out>

[skidmarks]

Our team was running the benchtop setup, but one motor wasn't working right. It was reversed, as indicated by the LED on the Jaguar. When we swapped out that Jaguar, it worked fine. Then, later in testing (still with the benchtop setup), both motors stopped responding and we smelled burning. Both Jaguars were destroyed at about the same time, after running fine for a little while. For now, we are using Victors.

[gorrilla]

we just got ours on our new robot and they work fine.....although thier alot bigger

[utlinebacker]

This seemed like a good place to post this:

Make sure you start here: http://www.luminarymicro.com/jaguar

If you are still stumped, remember that you can contact our applications engineers (directly) at support@luminarymicro.com. Make sure you provide our engineers as much information as possible to be able to support you.

Regards,
Scott

[feilmeier]

Our team wired the jaguar backwards, and naturally a puff of smoke was emmitted. My question was, will replacing the 3300 microfarad capacitor fix it, or did many circuits in the jaguar get burned out

[comwiz7]

Today we accidentally shorted a motor connected to a jaguar. There was a burning smell and now the jaguar only works in one direction. Is is done or is there a way to fix it?