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Originally Posted by Conor Ryan
I hope the new radios get a back up power supply.
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Originally Posted by tjf
Pretty sure that'd conflict with R31, as the only exception I've seen is a device that needs a battery to function and will not without it, eg. a smartphone used for vision (like 254).
Otherwise, I'd have stuck a capacitor on the radio to make sure it stays on in the event of a brown-out.
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Originally Posted by AdamHeard
If FIRST is working with someone to spec a radio, I'm sure they would allow themselves to write rules that made it legal.
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Last year's R31 exception to the main battery read:
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Additionally, batteries integral to and part of a COTS computing device or self-contained camera are also permitted (e.g. laptop batteries, GoPro style camera, etc.), provided they’re only used to power the COTS computing device and any peripheral COTS USB input devices connected to the COTS computing device and they are securely fastened to the ROBOT.
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So, even with the same rule, a battery integral to the radio in its COTS state would have been legal. All they'd have to do is not disqualify it in a blue box or Q&A by deciding that the radio was something other than a computing device.