[eugenebrooks]

The IR board, like every thing else, is part of the game challenge. If you reverse the power it fries like a few other IFI parts. Avoiding this by being careful, or modifying the board with a diode, is up to you.

The "brown out" problem is one of those unpredictable unfortunate things, leading to more game challenge that we counted on, but it is still quite surmountable. We will try Kevin's brownout fix as soon as we get access to the robot again.

I would like to suggest that those teams who have succeeded in reloading the IR board code show up at your event with a sign that reads "IR boards reloaded here." We will be at Portland, and San Jose with our PIC programmer. Make sure that you bring the standard hex file and the one modified according to Kevin's directions. The other teams counting on their IR boards will appreciate it.

Eugene