On Sunday 05 March 2017 18:42:45 Peter C. Wallace wrote:

> > Question: For PCW: These pushbuttons have a separately wired led in
> > them. If I can find 2 spare wires in the home switch cable, I could
> > light them up to indicate the wheel is active.  But the only note
> > says to apply 1.3 volts.  So whats the pullup current capability of
> > a GPIO on the 7i90HD?
> >
> > I think I read only 3.3 volts is available, so thats a 2 volt diff
> > to play with.  Can I get 15 to 20 milliamps to run the led?  That
> > would mean a 100 ohm current limiter?  Or is that in danger of
> > cooking a GPIO?
>
> The FPGA pins will source/sink 24 mA without issue but source current
> is limited in the 3V range by the bus switch turn off. If you want the
> LEDS to be off at power up or watchdog bite its better to use active
> low LED-ON FPGA outputs to sink LED currents. This also allows you to
> tie the LED anode resistors to 5V (should be same 5V as supplies FPGA
> board or pin 49 5V on a 7I90) With active low you get full 5V drive so
> 220 Ohm or so would be about right
>
> > Thanks Peter.
> >
> > Cheers, Gene Heskett

Yup, I can do that too Peter, thanks.
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Cheers, Gene Heskett
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 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
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