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Re: Tally of Working IR Boards

A full checkout would be as you say--power it, train it, have it respond correctly to the remote, monitor the outputs with a scope or an RC. Post details about any failures and what worked/what failed. Normal room lighting conditions, not direct sunlight or any stress tests like that.

A basic checkout would be all but checking the digital outputs since that can be done pretty quickly and with the fewest parts.

If you have the equipment to do a full test, then do that and report.
If you can do a basic test quickly then a full test sometime later, then test the basics and report. If the digital outputs later turn out to be faulty then post about the problem and you can have a second teammate put the changed answer into the poll.

Also, use "Worked and we broke it" even if you're not sure you actually broke it as long as it worked then stopped working. You can post any useful details about that experience too.

Anyone with other ideas about what else we could be looking at?

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Originally Posted by Tanis View Post
Do you have a preferred testing method?

Ex- Plugging into a battery, hooking it up to the 2007 RC and checking for input/output, etc.

Just checking our definition of "working."
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