15-02-2014, 18:54
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Engineering Coach
AKA: Allen "JAG" Gregory
 FRC #3847 (Spectrum) Team Role: Coach
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Rookie Year: 2003
Location: Texas
Posts: 2,557
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Re: Is it Legal to Solder the power cord to the D-Link
You can't solder it that would be modifying the electronics.
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The Driver Station software, cRIO, Power Distribution Board, Digital Sidecars, Analog Breakouts, Solenoid Breakouts, RSL, 120A breaker, motor controllers, relay modules, Wireless Bridge, 12VDC-5VDC converter, and batteries shall not be tampered with, modified, or adjusted in any way (tampering includes drilling, cutting, machining, gluing, rewiring, disassembling, etc.), with the following exceptions.
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We normally just wrap a ziptie all the way around it.
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