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Re: Can someone post this on FIRST q/a
Aiden,

I appreciate your explanation and it makes sense. It probably will work fine in most of our applications. But why take a chance that someone may not properly engage them.

Also, we have conducted some testing (we at Motorola often do independent testing on products that we use) and have found that the voltage drop across this particular connector is significantly worse than the one we have been using in the past. We have a graph comparing connector voltage drops that was done a while back. We will try to dig it up and post it here.

We are not trying to gain any advantage by using a different connector; in fact the ones we have been using weigh no less. We are just trying to implement proper engineering practices. What is the big deal with not letting teams use an equivalent or better connector this year? Did someone complain about the use of different connectors? If not, why change a rule from a previous year that was not broken in anyway? I thought we wanted to simplify the rules.

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Warning: this reply is just an approximation of what I meant to convey - engineers cannot possibly use just written words to express what they are thinking.