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Re: Problems with 2011 Retro Sensors

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Originally Posted by Mr. Lim View Post
You can run the same cRIO 24V from the PDB to a Solenoid Bumper on your cRIO, and then power your sensors from the Solenoid Bumper. You would "turn on a solenoid" and it would supply 24V to your sensor.
What Mr. Lim said. This is a GDC sanctified method of powering those sensors.

If you can't do that for some reason, you might try to find yourself a 12V to 24V DC-DC converter. Just check the specs on it and make sure it's good down to 7V or so, or you'll just blackout your converter and then your sensors.
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