Being fairly new to them, I know what they are and do and all that… but Just wondering if It’s possible to use a single jaguar to control 2 CIM motors. and more importantly if it’s possible to do that safely.
and yes both motors would be working in the same direction
Please review the power distribution rules: http://frc-manual.usfirst.org/viewItem/57#4.1.7
Possible? Yes.
Legal? No. [R50] explicitly says so: http://frc-manual.usfirst.org/viewItem/57#4.1.8
Ok, I haven’t gotten around to going through all of the Rules yet, have only really been over the game specific rules and also brainstorming shooter ideas.
will do that soon so I don’t post any more “stupid” questions that are already answered in the rules…
thanks for that
Epic,
The rule you are looking for is this one…
[R50]
All electrical loads (motors, actuators, compressors, electric solenoids) must be supplied by an approved power regulating device (speed controller, relay module, or Digital Sidecar PWM port) that is controlled by the cRIO on the Robot.
**Each CIM motor and Fisher-Price motor must be connected to one and only one approved speed controller.** These motors must not be connected to relay modules.
Emphasis mine. The answers are intended to get you familiar with the robot rules section. Should you have any questions, please ask. You are not the only one that is thinking about this at this point in the build season. Please be aware that Team Updates will be issued twice a week from now on and this rule is likely to include other motors that are also high current devices, in the future.