Shorted RoboRio

MAmeerAli · February 25, 2020, 2:33pm

So, We tried operating our robot and every response was lagging. Eventually, we found that the power light on the Rio indicated a short… After checking, we found two nuts perfectly sitting inside the DIO and I2C port. After clearing the both of them, the robot started operating as it should’ve, so yes, problem solved, but We fear that the RoboRio could’ve been permanently damaged in some way… Especially since the I2C port will come in handy for the color sensor this year, is it safe to continue using the RoboRio, especially for Competition? Could we have damaged it in a way that is irreparable?

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AriMB · February 25, 2020, 2:44pm

All of the power rails on the roboRIO are protected from shorts. It’s obviously not a good thing to do for fun, but it shouldn’t damage the device.

MasterQuacks · February 25, 2020, 3:31pm

You can always check if there is a shorted rail in the frc driver station

cgmv123 · February 25, 2020, 3:39pm

To elaborate, the RoboRIO was designed to survive shorting any pin to any pin and applying +/->12V to any pin.

system · February 24, 2021, 3:40pm

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