cRIO smoke

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by ken.3038

Last night we made our leads longer for the battery and got the positive and negitive switch (don't ask how). When our robot was turned on we saw smoke come from the cRIO. It was on for a second or two but then it was turned off. After the mistake was corrected and power turned back on the cRIO worked. Has this happen to anyone? Should we be concerned of the cRIO failing? Any advice or info or who to ask at NI will help.

What color is your Analog Breakout, red or blue? Does the green power LED on it still work? If you applied 12 volts in reverse to a red (2009) Analog Breakout board, for even a second, you almost certainly fried it. The blue one from the 2010 Kit of Parts is protected and should survive.

The red Analog Breakout is where the smoke came from when we reversed our battery leads this week...