Thread: 9201 module: battery level and potentiometers
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Re: 9201 module: battery level and potentiometers
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Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik View Post
The jumper takes over the last analog input and routes the input pin to a divided battery voltage. So yes, you can't use the input 8 on your first analog input module. Do you actually have more than 7 pots or analog sensors that you need to read? If so, then yes, you can use a second 9201 in the 4th slot on the cRIO. I'm just doubting that you actually need it.
How do we read both battery level and pots from the same analog module? The white paper from FIRST for 2012 on the analog breakout made it seem like we couldn't do both from the same module.
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