Protection Features

The Control (REV-31-1595) and Expansion Hub (REV-31-1153) were designed with a number of protection features built into the device. These include the following:

• Reverse battery input protection

• Electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection on all connections

• Over-current protection on all power buses

  • Digital I/O bus

  • I2C bus

  • Analog bus

  • USB

  • Servo bus per pair (0-1, 2-3, 4-5)

  • Encoder bus

• Over-current monitoring for individual Motor Channels

• Keyed and locking connectors

• Fail-safe mode at communication loss