Hello,

I manufactured and produced a board that basically is the same as the 
beagleboard.

1) I got it working for some hours (configuring linux), and after that it 
suddenly stopped responding. The TPS65950 was really hot (really,really 
hot!), the VDD1 module was consuming too much current and the output was 
2.6V instead of the 1.3V it should be. My conclusion is that the module got 
broken.

2) I cut some tracks and I supplied it with an external source. I worked 
again. I continued configuring linux on it. After some hours, it suddenly 
stopped responding again. I realized that the VIO module of the TPS65950 
was consuming too much current and it´s output was 0.4V instead of the 1.8V 
it should be. My conclusion is that the module got broken.

With this evidences I compared the routing of my board with the routing of 
the beagleboard and I realized that in the beagleboard the connections 
between the outputs of the DC-DC (VIO module and VDD1 module are DC-DC) and 
the coils are made with planes instead of tracks. In my board the 
connection between the output of the modules and the coils are made with 
thin and long tracks.

are my DC-DCs getting broken because of the bad routing?
do you remember any similar problem while you where manufacturing 
prototypes and designing the beagleboard (or other similar boards)?
if you did not have any problem similar to mine, why you used planes in all 
the connections of the coils?

Thank you very much, I really appreciate your help.

Andrés Cecilia Luque

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