Thread: Legality of running a capacitor inline with roboRIO power
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Re: Legality of running a capacitor inline with roboRIO power
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Originally Posted by ImOn3618 View Post
We wouldn't have passed inspection if it was powered from the wrong place. We've got it running off the same rail as the VRM and PCM(which we don't have) on the PDP.
Do you live in a perfect world? If so, how do I get in?

Inspection should catch that, but it is not unheard of for robots to go through inspection with a problem like that unnoticed. I know an inspector that will ask if everything is powered correctly and if the electrical system is a rat's nest, he will take the team at their word instead of trying to trace the wires.

You could double check you wires to make sure they are securely inserted on both ends. The wires could be bounced around when you change directions quickly or forcibly slam into a robot or the field meaning the roboRIO is reset.