Thread: Limit Switches
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Re: Limit Switches

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Originally Posted by Joseph W. Horth View Post
I have a limit switch on each of the pivot points on our arm but when even one of them is hit it kills every function on the robot.
I'll bet you a bottle of Mountain Dew that you have your limit switches miswired between ground and the +5 pin of the DIO instead of the signal pin. As soon as a switch is hit, you'll short the Digital Sidecar's power and everything it's controlling will shut down.

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