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06-02-2004, 07:55

Al Skierkiewicz Al Skierkiewicz is offline

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Re: Burning IR sensors

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Originally Posted by LittleProton

The IR sensors provided with the kit of parts seem to fry easily. So far the only heat I’ve applied to the sensors is soldering and the +5v from the controller. Is this a problem for any other teams? Any advice/help would be appreciated.

Remember that there was an error in the early docs that had the FET in backward.

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