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Re: PROS and CONS of Removable Electronics

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Originally Posted by BlackShadowFox View Post
Why have removable electronics when the problems that could occur are so limited to a single part and not the whole entire board?
A Pro: sometimes you don't know what component has the problem. A removable board allows you to take a look at all of the components without the rest of the robot. One Con to the removable design is the problems with removing and reconnecting wires if your board is in a hard to reach place. Our team has had two designs that were removable, and one of them worked well. The other one we put under a support beam and it was very difficult to reach the Victor Speed Controllers to reconnect the wirses.