Thread: Robot looses comms when hit/jolted
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Re: Robot looses comms when hit/jolted
This was happening to us early on, I narrowed it to two things...
1.) I had quickly wired the DAP-1522 to the 5v converter and that into a normal 12v output on the PD board. Well those were dipping voltage as my motors stalled working their way across the bump. So I wired that up to the 12v WAGO dedicated on the front of the PD board.

..that worked for awhile and it started happening again.... SOOO

2.) I figured out that as the cRio bumped it'd lose comms.... a simple tightening up of its mounting screws, and now the bot can bump, rock and roll all it wants, I stay connected.
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