On 2/24/14, 2:14 PM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:

>John Syn <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >"Steady state max. voltage at all I/O pins"
>> >"-0.5 volts to IO supply voltage +0.3 volts"
>> >
>> >So, even with power off, some voltage *is* allowed and in fact it
>> >should be fairly easy to keep the voltage within these limits using
>> >Schottky diodes for clamping.
>> Schottky diodes aren¹t going to clamp the voltage to this range. Simply
>> use the 3V3 output from the BBB to enable the supply to your board.
>> 
>???
>
>How would using the 3.3v IO output from the BBB be any different from
>clamping the input voltages to the 3.3v IO output from the BBB?  It's
>the same thing surely?
I didn't say 3V3 IO, I said 3V3 output or 3V3 supply output (P9-3 or
P9-4). If you have a regulator on your 12V side, you probably have an
enable pin. Connect P9.3 to the enable pin.
>
>One Schottky diode prevents the voltage going below 0.3 volts (it will
>conduct such that the voltage doesn't go below 0.2 volts), another can
>clamp the input to prevent it going above the 1.8 volt ADC supply
>voltage.
I'm not sure you understand how a schottky diode works. Voltage drop at
forward biases of around 1 mA is in the range 0.15 V to 0.46 V, but if you
conduct more that 1mA, your volt drop will be higher. Also, the reverse
voltage will not clamp at all.

Regards,
John
>
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