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Re: Autonomous selector

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Originally Posted by sarcasticmadnes View Post
Our team (MVRT) has a keypad that takes up one whole port. The keypad is coded in assembly and has its own circuit board and the lcd screen is powered by regular AA batteries. The keypad allows us to have 64 different autonomous positions and choose which alliance we are and which position we are in.
This is specifically disallowed by rule <R83>. Unless the LCD has no physical connection to the keypad and interfaces with only the dashboard port, it violates the rule of powering devices from a source other than the OI.