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Re: Extending IR board connector wires

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Originally Posted by sumadin View Post
Hi Michael,

We also use the 10-pin connector, but we have it wired differently than Alan described. Our wiring guru wired one three-pin ("pwm") cable to the power, ground, and first signal lines, and another three-pin cable to the second, third, and fourth signal lines. The result is only using two three-pin cables while getting all the capabilities (the cables are connected to the RC in somewhat of an L shape - the first cable connects regularly to a digital IO pin, and the second one spans the next three signal pins afterwards).

Hope this helps.
Liked your method.
just a small question: doesn't the IR board need between 7-15 volts?
Because from what I know the digital I/O brings only 5 volts, and you connected the power and ground to the digital I/O port.
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