IR Board unresponsive reprogram??

[CryptoStorm]

Originally Posted by billbo911

I think you may have nailed the source of the board failures. Unless a switch has been placed in line with the IR board to open the +12 supplied to it, (as suggested in Team Update #10) pushing the robot will generate power to the board at various voltages. When that voltage is in the ~ 3vdc range, it can corrupt the programming.
There are a couple options:
1) It can be reprogrammed at the regionals. They will be using a modified version that protects the code from being corrupted by low voltage.
2) You can get rid of the IR board entirely and just use a single Vishay IR sensor. Add Kevin Watson's IR code. It will take all of 20 minutes to do this if you have the sensor. (Hint: there were several in the 2004 KOP).
All the details for this can be found in this thread.

so FIRST will be reprogramming the boards at regionals?

should i replace the rest of the voltage regulators? or are then not actually the problem, just the code...

cause the boards are melted slightly around where the regulators are.. which i supposed a continuity test would tell... anyway, should i worry about it?


PS. i had the switch and everything, i was about half way done installing it, and needed to test them again so i just plugged it back in, and forgot to finish the job