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Re: Mounting Electronics
It can be done if you are very careful. However, I can't think of anything worse than having to completely rewire a bot because you:

1. Have a short somewhere and have ALL your electronics mounted to conductive surfaces.

2. Have wires run inside of tubing and find a voltage in your chassis.

We found this in 2007 on a bot of ours, and we never have tracked down where the 5V+ was coming from. Plus, that Crio is mighty expensive.

I can give you a laundry list of why a non-conductive backplane is a good idea..... I don't have nearly as many reasons why I'd ever want a conductive backplane.