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Re: R.I.P VRM

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Originally Posted by Nickoris View Post
Our team did the same thing and now it is a paper weight. Why would they release this product with this big of a flaw?

Our team is debating getting a new one, or wait for a fixed version to be released. Since we have till week 4 for our first comp.

It is sad to know that this is going to be a common occurrence this year.
I mean in general you should never really have LED lights hooked straight to a power source without a resistor between them.

If you guys want to drive LED's, use the GPIO ports or a spike to drive them, don't hook them up straight to power....
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