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Re: Possible solution to Eisenstein problems.

1. Better quality wiring inspections. A few of wiring errors mentioned in the report, be the cause of the problem or not, should have been easily spotted. I am not sure whether using the regulated port for the radio is in the rules or not (I'll check later), but that error in particular sounds like it could have been spotted during an inspection just by a glance at the PD board and what, if anything was connected to the regulated port.

2. When possible, a move to a licensed radio band. In terms of implementation, I suggest:

1. replace the current bridge with a 5 port Switch.
2. For non-field usage, one of the 5 ports is connected to some sort of an wireless AP or a wired tether.
3. For on the field usage, the port ^ is connected to the proprietary radio, which comes with the field and is installed on the robot during match queuing and removed after the match. This would involve 18 radios (3 per driver station) to allow smooth field operation.
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