Thread: Extending IR board connector wires
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Re: Extending IR board connector wires
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Originally Posted by Alan Anderson View Post
The IR decoder board has a ten pin ribbon cable connector. It came with a ten pin ribbon cable. I don't see a reason to use anything other than a ten pin ribbon cable to connect it. That's how we're doing it.

At the other end of the ribbon cable, we have a board with another ten pin ribbon cable connector, a pair of FAST-ON connectors for power, and spots for two PWM cables to plug in and carry the four digital signals to the RC. For the final wiring, I think we'll forego the extra connectors and solder the power and signal wires directly to that board.
I am confused.Do you need a seperate power supply for the IR board and do you connect the gnds together between the robot controller and the IR board and also which inputs to use digital or analog? For the inputs to the RC.