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Re: pic: Power Over Ethernet for 2017

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Originally Posted by amesmich View Post
Thanks for this, but a few questions.

1. Will any inspectors not understand this and fail it because they have never seen it? I know that impossible for people to answer but whats your opinion.

2. How reliable is this for vibration? I know last year was a tough game for robots and many people has the radio power fail them, but is this any better? If seems like it would be but do people know for sure?

3. I assume you have to make up your own custom cable by using an RJ-45 end and then just running the conductors where they need to go?

Thanks
1. Definitely bring along a diagram with you to explain to your inspectors what this is.

2. I didn't have experience with it personally, but I heard lots of anecdotal evidence that this was the go-to solution for vibration-related radio power issues for many teams last season.

3. Yup. It's essentially making a custom/more compact version of one of these cables: https://www.adafruit.com/product/435. There are several available on Amazon as well, if you want to avoid making your own cable.
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