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Re: How do you wire the DC/DC converter?

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Originally Posted by random_hero View Post
We are working with our extra robot for something to do in our down time. We have blown 2 D-Link bridges when powering on our robot.

We are going from the 12V port on the power distribution blue thing, to the dc/dc converter, then from the dc/dc converter to the bridge. As the negative cable on the d-link cable that we cut, we are using the wire with the dashes on it, which i assume was the negative cable. What are we doing wrong? Thanks.
This is from page 30 of Getting Started with the 2012 FRC Control System.

As you can see, the center pin (green arrow) is positive and the shield (red arrow) is negative. Use a cheap ohmmeter to figure out which wire is negative.


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