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Re: pic: Roborio mounting and protective case

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Originally Posted by faust1706 View Post
What if pacemakers fail after 4 years?
FYI, from someone in the industry... 4 years isn't an unusual failure rate, although most do last longer. For example, check out the SABA study (Disclaimer: I currently work for Boston Scientific): http://www.bostonscientific.com/en-U...ABA-Study.html

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This retrospective, observational study found that "the 4-year survival rate of device battery was significantly worse for Medtronic devices compared with devices from other manufacturers (94% for Boston Scientific, 67% for Medtronic, and 92% for St Jude Medical, P <0.001)."
Anyways, my point with that is... know the expectations for the part you are designing, and do your due diligence accordingly. An electrical enclosure like this is designed to shield the part from debris like metal shavings, not from robot-robot impacts. If your roboRio is exposed to impacts from other robots, this enclosure won't protect it.
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