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Re: pic: 1501 Electronics Board

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Originally Posted by roboticsguy1988
Sorry to say its not a camera behind the censored box but your starting to think along the right lines.

My hint to everyone: Look at the cables that go to the censored box, there is TTL, remote program / reset cable, program cable, tether, breaker panel cable, and then a non connected PWM cable (what could that be for?).

It seems most of you are thinking either too high tech or too simple, you got to go in between the two.
OK, a couple of ideas.

Could it be an ultrasonic ranging head, or perhaps just a connector that allows the electronics board to be easily taken off of and put back on the robot?

Can I get a confirmation that it is not an auxiliary processor, or would that be revealing too much?
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