Is there anything else plugged in when the power is switched off?

Gerald


On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 9:18 PM, James Littlefield <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Watching the 5V supply on a scope I see that there is a sort of 5V
> "brownout" during the time that the power is switched off but it does not
> go down much below 2.5V.    This appears to leave the PMIC with most of the
> outputs latched OFF.     I will add some external stuff to switch the 5V
> all the way off if the BBB hangs.
>
> Jim
>
>
> On Monday, November 18, 2013 8:14:05 PM UTC-5, Gerald wrote:
>
>> Obviously the PMIC is not liking what you are doing. The 3A current is
>> not a factor in this scenario.
>>
>> Check the timing diagrams in the datasheet and make sure you are not
>> violating the power up ramp requirements  No lights means there is no power
>> to the rest of the board and the PMIC has basically shutdown either due to
>> a lockup of the sate machine or an over current condition  The only way to
>> reset the state machine, is to pull power and start the process over.
>>
>> It could also be seeing excess current if you have anything else plugged
>> into the I/O pins. If you are careful you could try grounding the reset pin
>> on the PMIC and see if it recovers when in this state. I don't recall how
>> many states are affected by the reset line.
>>
>> No, I have never seen or heard of this before.
>>
>> Gerald
>>
>>
>>
>> Gerald
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 7:00 PM, James Littlefield 
>> <[email protected]>wrote:
>>
>>> New to BBB but experienced with embedded systems.
>>>
>>> I'm working on a project using the BBB.    Supplying +5V (up to 3A)
>>> directly to the pins on P9 from a quality bench supply.   I've found that
>>> briefly switching the +5V supply OFF and then back on can pretty reliably
>>> leave the BBB in an odd state characterized by...
>>> a)  No LEDs on
>>> b)  Very little current drawn from supply (10mA or less)
>>> c)  +5 present on P9.5 and P9.6
>>> d)  0.687V on P9.7 and P9.8 ( should be SYS_5V ).
>>> e) P9.9  = 3.57V
>>> f)  P9.10 = 0V
>>>
>>> I've found that once the system is in this mode no amount of
>>> pressing/holding the momentary BBB pushbuttons will get the system working
>>> again.    Removing input power,  waiting 10 sec or so, then restoring power
>>> will get things working again.
>>>
>>> Has anyone else seen this?    It seems sort of like an issue with
>>> the TPS65217C chip but I've not found any reported errata on that part.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Jim
>>>
>>>
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