Thread: HOW-TO Add an Addtional IR Reciever to FIRST IR Board
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Re: HOW-TO Add an Addtional IR Reciever to FIRST IR Board
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Originally Posted by The Lucas View Post

P.S. Has anyone already modded their board? Bob said multiple teams inquired about it.
We just de-soldered the IR receiver, then re-soldered it to a length of servo cable. Now we have the board able to mount on the robot's electronics board, but the receiver able to go anywhere.

We considered replacing the receiver with a non-38kHz one to reduce interference, but it seemed to make more sense to leave it "standard" so we could co-ordinate our robocoach signals with our alliance partners and get control from both ends of the field.

It may also be possible that a PNA4602M IR receiver could be used if the Vishays were difficult to find. Looking at their datasheets they appear to have many similar characteristics.

Jason
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