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Re: pic: XBot Electronics Day 2

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Originally Posted by Tytus Gerrish View Post
stop using blue and white wires. most of the inspectors will just give you greif
We used blue and white last year with no problem at three events. I hope that doesn't change Have you seen/experienced any inconveniences with the alternate color wires?

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Originally Posted by Chuck Glick View Post
Nice looking board there.

One question, the 90 degree connectors for the DB-9 cables (tether, radio, programming), where did you find those. Look very useful, thanks.

-Chuck
Here are the connectors. They are a bit heavy, but with how close everything ended up on the board, they will probably come in handy.
http://www.l-com.com/item.aspx?id=8656
Make sure you get the right "exit" so the connector is going the right way

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Originally Posted by squirrel View Post
Might want to check the rules again, per <R50> "All circuit breaker distribution panels must be directly connected to the power distribution block", so that white wire from the Maxi Block to the other fuse block might need to be moved. This would require adding another red section to the power distribution block also.
Yeah, I think this was under discussion. The board was wired this way because of the functional convenience of it. Maybe the kids will strip an interior portion of the wire and have a single piece all the way through Adding the other wire will be trivial when necessary.

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