Metal Shavings and RC don't mix

[Chris_Elston]

Just a quick note to the CD community...watch your metal shavings around your RC.

1501 fried our 2008 RC Friday morning at Boilermaker, but luckily took our 2007 RC as a spare with us. If you do this, make sure you have master code version 15 installed in your 2007 controller. You can check this within the first 5 seconds of power on, then quickly press the select button on your OI, and you should see U15 if your good to go.

What's ironic about this...was Digital Goats 829 handed us a safety flyer in our pits right when we figured out what was wrong with our robot after 3 crazy acting matches on Friday of stuff not working…on the flyer it said to "watch our metal shaving"...

I about croaked over in laughter, we had to laugh because it was crazy trying to figure out what was wrong….I am pretty sure we are going to frame it I think.

And just to let you know the metal shaving shorted out in the output pins of the digital I/O. Between the GND and +5V. By match #3 of our qualifying, FINALLY the RC Hardware light came on, it illumined yellow, and right where your main power connects, the RC was very hot to touch.

Then to later find out 1024 fried their RC as well in the finals at Boilermaker, really makes it a “spooky” weekend at Boilermaker for sure…