Standard Motor Driver Schematic for FRC

[ProfessorAlekM]

Hello!

Recently I've been calculating the cost of our robot, and it is waaay overpriced. Part of the problem is that the rules force you to buy motor drivers from specific companies like VEX, who charge way more that they should. I get that the company has to make a profit, as well as pay for the cost of design, but $60 for a victorSP?!?! It would only cost $5-$25 to make a motor controller with the same functionality.

I hear that the reason why they don't want people making their own motor drivers is because they don't want people making circuits that could break, or build a motor driver that may keep driving even after it stops receiving power from the roboRIO.

My proposed idea:
Create a set of standard and FRC approved schematics so low budget teams can make many more motor drivers for their bot with much less money.