Thread: Digital Sidecar D-I/O's causing connection problems to Motors
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Re: Digital Sidecar D-I/O's causing connection problems to Motors
You likely miswired the photosensors and shorted the DSC's 5V rail. This rail is designed to fail gracefully and shutdown when shorted, so things typically don't smoke - but they might get hot.

You can check the Power indication LEDs on the DSC next time this happens. I'll bet that BAT and 6V are on, but 5V is off.