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Maximum current draw through DIO port
What is the maximum current draw through a DIO port. Our team is planning on adding some LED's for visible signal indicators, and the LED's I have found draw 80ma. Is that too much to drive using 5 volts directly from the roborio DIO port, or would it be better to operate these off of 12 volts via a spike?