From: Steve S. <sa...@gm...> - 2008-02-07 15:43:10
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> Your input voltage usually needs to be at least 1.5v about your output You could use a low drop out (LDO) regulator which could cut that differential to below 0.5V Steve On Feb 7, 2008 7:18 AM, Jay Phillips <jay...@tr...> wrote: > It's early. I just realized what you said about your batteries. > > Your input voltage usually needs to be at least 1.5v about your output > voltage for a regulator to work. So a nominal 6v battery supply cannot be > assumed to supply enough voltage to provide a 5v output. > > So I'm not sure what you could do, short of using a higher voltage battery > setup. Maybe use a diode drop to protect the gumstix from voltages higher > than 6v? > > ----------------------------------------------------- > Jay Phillips > Tronix LLC - http://tronixllc.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: gum...@li... > [mailto:gum...@li...] On Behalf Of Marcus > Wolschon > Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 7:09 AM > To: General mailing list for gumstix users. > > Subject: Re: [Gumstix-users] Max voltage for Verdex + NetwifimicroSD ? > > How big does the regulator have to be? > > 2008/2/7, Jay Phillips <jay...@tr...>: > > Personally, I wouldn't run the boards directly off a battery. I'm putting > a > > voltage regulator on my setup. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > gumstix-users mailing list > gum...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > gumstix-users mailing list > gum...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > |