pic: cRIO CAN Jag

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Originally Posted by squirrel

The signal has to go thru all the connectors in the chain before it gets to the end. If any fail, the signal won't get through to those past it. Is my understanding correct?

Um, yes. I'm not sure what I was thinking, but if one connector fails, everything past that point has failed.

Originally Posted by Gdeaver

The 2009 game did not stress test the Jag. ...

They have to be rugged and reliable.

I beg to differ. The Jaguars were indeed stressed this year - at least by our team - and were found to be rugged and reliable. Please tell us your experiences to the contrary.

Originally Posted by biojae

My first test of the CAN bus will be to make a CIM servo, with PID and a tough box

That would be cool, very cool indeed. You might want to gear it down even further than a toughbox, but we'll cross that bridge when we get to it.