Jaguar Speed Controllers
Price: $75
"...provided teams are willing to pay ~40$ more and put up with a highly non-linear drive characteristic in favor of footprint and a lack of a latching over-current protection.
IMHO, the only advantage the victor has is size. The cost advantage and the linearity advantage leads me to believe that the Jaguar will see a lot of play this year."
Wait... so your telling me that for this season, a victor's only advantage is size? The fact that a an overcurrent on a jaguar causes it to shutdown until a neutral signal is given scares me. Do you know how hectic it is for a driver in a match? How is he immediately supposed to diagnose an overcurrented controller and stop? The alternative being building some some sort of electronic monitering also doesn't appeal to me. Even if could be entirely done in code, the fact we have to send a nuetral signal upsets me.
With the victors, I've never seen one overcurrent in recent times. Heck, I've never had a 40 amp breaker pop during a match on any team I've been on in recent times."
"This year without 2 way communication with the motor controller, the victors may be a better choice for uses other than drive motors."
-From forums
PURCHASE JAGUAR CONTROLLERS HERE!!! They are heavily discounted through digi-key to FRC teams.
