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Re: LEDs connected to Solenoid Breakout. It's illegal, but why?

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Originally Posted by DonRotolo View Post
I can speculate that they are concerned that teams will draw too much current from the breakout and make their pneumatics uncontrollable or erratic.
The NI 9472 Digital Sourcing Module has protection against extreme overcurrent, so you probably wouln't be able to cause any fires, but the documentation warns that at currents between 1 and 13 amps the module "may be damaged".