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Re: MXP board design help

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Originally Posted by SteveGarward View Post
I'd stay away from altering or using any power or signal pathways on any IO/PWM pin from the MXP. As much as it would be nice to have it, if it rules your board illegal, where you could have the board without LEDs and not have to set yourself up as a vendor and have distributions channels, I personally think that would be the better route to take. You can still make one that lights up for practice/testing/off-season, and who knows what the rules will state next year!
Or you could put 2-pin headers where the diodes are on the circuit board and plug diodes in for in-shop testing, and pull them for competition. Even easier to use would be a DIP LED strip; just one component to pull/place.
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