FTC- preventing ESD

[pyroslev]

Originally Posted by CENTURION

Is there any chance that the static charge could also be carried through the motor leads into the controller?

It wouldn't surprise me. I just know most the time when I touch a robot that's locked up, I get shocked or I did anyway. In one situation, I got shocked on three sides of my arm reaching into a robot that was all heavy metal.

And while all the components in the standard FTC robot have some sort of ESD protection, sometimes the sheer amount generated overwhelms the systems. Even the Samantha's ESD protection isn't perfect.

Al, you're right. I keep notes on all of the issues I see at events. 95% of them are electrical in nature. The remaining 5% are split between coding and lockups. I would add the infamous Tamiya Connector should be swapped for Anderson PowerPoles the first opportunity.