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Originally Posted by davidmandle
I am a member of team 751 (barn2robotics) in Portola Valley, CA. At the SVR competition, our program port on our controller got ripped off  , so we are now unable to make revisions to our robot's program. Now that a CalGames-like event may be happening, we are interested in fixing up our robot for another competition. Unfortunately, IFI robotics wants near $450 for a new robot controller, and my team is on a rediculously tight budget. We would (obviously) prefer to pay a mucher lesser sum and recieve a used controller. Do any of you teams have a legal and spare controller you'd be willing to sell us? We'd be very greatful. Thanks for you help! |
We had this happen to us in Phoenix in 2004 with the radio plug. IFI was able to repair it, but I don't know how much it cost to have it done. (Somebody else handled that)Tony from IFI said the board is a mulit-level board so repairs are VERY tricky. I'm not sure they didn't just swap innards for us.
Tony also said that they had looked at other connection methods and hadn't found anything that had the reliability and availability of the standard 9pin serial connector. But they are very aware that the board is the weak spot and that the board tends to fail to protect the connector. Hopefully if you call them and explain the situation they will have mercy when writing out the bill.
At least talk to them, a phone call doesn't cost that much.
ChrisH