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Re: pic: Early Christmas!

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Originally Posted by darkember View Post
I found something wierd. When the pneumatic bumper was plugged into the power distribution board and there wasn't any breaker, we were reading between 2-3 volts. When the breacker was plugged in we were reading the intended 12v. What i dont get is how we still got voltage without a breaker. Any Ideas?
There's obviously some leakage through the pneumatic breakout from the 9472 Digital Sourcing Module when the 12 volt power isn't connected. I don't have a copy of the breakout schematics handy, so I can't explain the current paths in detail.
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