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General Topics => Things we learned and other useful info => Topic started by: Louis L on March 12, 2019, 01:41:30 PM

Title: Isolate Adafruit IR Distance Sensors (10-80 cm, product ID 164)
Post by: Louis L on March 12, 2019, 01:41:30 PM
These sensors do a good job and are relatively inexpensive. But their housing is made of a conductive resin plastic and is shorted to ground by the internal PCB mounting screw. For FRC use, this means you'll see on the order of 100-200 ohms between battery V- and a metal chassis unless the mounting isolates them properly. Refer to the competition checklist for the minimum allowed resistance between battery V+, V- and chassis.