Britton Kerin <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 3:34 AM, Timbo <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Either there is a bad connection somewhere between the barrel jack and the
> > header pins (unlikely), or one of the power supplies is causing the problem.
> > I would check the resistance between the jack contacts and the corresponding
> > header pins, and then try powering via the headers with the known-good
> > supply.  If that's ok, then (with the load connected) look for sag and
> > ripple on the other supply.
> 
> Well, its the supply.  In some hideous way that I can't figure out how
> to measure.
> 
> It works fine going straight from a wall wart to the header.
> 
> The on-board 12V to 5V supply *looks* fine, it shows up a totally
> clean 5V on the scope, no noise that I can measure.  There's 220 uF of
> output filter.  But somehow 500 kHz triangular fuzz is showing up on
> the bone IO pin -- exactly the switching frequency of the step-down
> switcher.
> 
> Its a design from TI switcher-pro.  It also agrees almost completely
> with the reference design in Fig. 11 of the attached spec sheet.  I
> feel sorta stupid to be using a design I don't completely understand,
> but I'd like to at least be able to measure where the problem
> originates.
> 
How close is the switching supply to the BBB?  It could be coupling
from the inductor.  If so changing orientation might well fix it or at
least prove that's what the problem is.

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Chris Green

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