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Unread 15-01-2003, 22:45
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The 12V power source is for powering the light source on the optical sensor. None of it gets sent to the robot controller.


The robot input is actually a positive lead that supplies 5V @ a maximum of 10mA. This is far too little to power the sensor.
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