Our team has lost our dongle, for the 2008-2009 robot, and we were curious if there was a website that had instructions on how to make a new one. Thank you for any help!
NickE
June 8, 2009, 11:38am
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From the Control System Manual :
3.1.7 Competition Port Pinouts:
The competition port is used to enable / disable the robot. A “dongle” is provided in the Kit of Parts for teams to use for this purpose when not in a competition. If teams need to make a replacement dongle or need additional spare dongles, a team-constructed dongle can be fashioned by connecting pins 8 and 9 of the competition port to a switch . NOTE: it is essential that the other pins of the connector be left unconnected, as some of the other pins contain power and/or ground accidentally shorting other pins of this connector can permanently damage the Driver Station. An inexpensive dongle (shown in the photo below) can be fashioned out of components readily available locally:
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I’ve found sites to buy extra products (Jaguars, Wago connectors, etc) but can’t seem to find a site for the Dongle. We need an extra or 2 just in case, but they are nowhere to be found. Help?
and it gives you the radio shack parts list for building a dongle.