Problems with IR Board

[keen101]

Yes, it does seem strange that almost everyone who has a problem with the board is an issue with the 5v regulator.

Perhaps a design flaw. I shall e-mail someone from FIRST teams, to take a look at this page.

...as for options... I say try and fix it. Mostly because It could be cheaper than shipping it off to FIRST to get fixed. and also because I have no idea where you can get a new one at this time. Maybe try e-mailing IFIROBOTICS.com. Besides, you'll probably have access to order a new one from ifirobotics later.

We used something like a L809h. Maybe not a perfect match, but it fixed the board, so I'm not complaining. So, you should probably try and get an L805, otherwise improvise.

Usually I would not recommend trying to fix electronics from FIRST (ie. camera board), but in this case... I have no idea if there any kind of warranty that could be void. I would assume there is no warranty. That's the problem with releasing cool electronics as a game hint. You virtually have no knowledge about the device.

[Mark McLeod]

IFI isn't in the production or supply loop on this IR board yet.

For technical assistance I'd talk to Ben Wrightsman at Diversified Systems Inc. the manufacturers of the board.

For a replacement we'll probably have to go through FIRST.
I have a message in to FIRST and will let you know what I discover.

So far the reported failures are quite small in regards to the 1500+ boards produced, so I'm hopeful it's a less than 1% failure rate. Ben told me they sampled boards coming off the production line and the samples all passed, but not every board was tested due to the time constraints of the Christmas rush.

P.S. Based on keen101's experience it does sound as though teams should run these for some time to make sure they catch any marginal failures early.