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Re: pic: Sidecar problem
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Originally Posted by JohnBoucher View Post
It appears to be the only issue. Is C6 necessary and does removing it affect anything?
Kate from FIRST stated in the aforementioned Q&A link:
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Originally Posted by Kate
It's confirmed. The C6 capacitor is essentially redundant and therefore unnecessary. The remaining C4 capacitor has sufficient specifications to provide filtering for the 6V servo power supply. It may provide a slight reduction in noise in the 6V servo power supply but we have been unable to detect any negative effects via testing at FIRST HQ.

Fortunately, the Digital Sidecar has conformal coat and, as a result, a loose C6 capacitor will NOT result in any electrical shorts within the module.

We do recommend that teams open the case and remove the loose component.
http://forums.usfirst.org/showpost.p...04&postcount=8
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