Basically what happens is that the board that i am designing has a general
purpose port for external sensor boards. It has 6 inputs for analog signals
and 8 for some general gpios plus i2C lines (and also suppply lines among
witch a 1.8V). On the board that i am designing i am using the 1.8V supply
to power two MEMS ( which i know ho much they consume) and the protection
circuits that i mentioned earlier to limit the analog input to 1.8V
consists of two diodes and an RC filter, so i am guessing not much current
will be lost in those, nothing significant anyway (correct me if i am
wrong).

As for the consumption on the external sensors that may be hooked up it
depends on the application so i do not know exactly how much that will draw.

Regards,
Cristian


2014-07-05 19:56 GMT+02:00 John Syn <[email protected]>:

>
> From: Cristian Mitu <[email protected]>
> Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> Date: Saturday, July 5, 2014 at 3:17 AM
> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [beagleboard] Analog voltage referance pin
>
> How much current should the LDO be able to carry considering that i am
> using BBB.
>
> Not sure how to answer that because it depends on what circuit you are
> adding. Read the BBB SRM which defines how much current you can draw from
> the 5V pins on the P9 connector. Given that your circuit is related to the
> ADC, I cannot imagine that you would need more that 250mA so most LDO will
> work for your requirement. Remember to use proper supply decoupling and
> filtering because any noise on the ADC circuits will cause your
> measurements to be inconsistent.
>
> Regards,
> John
>
>
>
> Regards,
> Cristian
>
>
> 2014-07-05 4:02 GMT+02:00 John Syn <[email protected]>:
>
>>
>> From: Cristian Mitu <[email protected]>
>> Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>> Date: Friday, July 4, 2014 at 2:38 PM
>> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>> Subject: [beagleboard] Analog voltage referance pin
>>
>> Hello guys,
>>
>>
>> I have noticed that my BeagleBoneBlack has a VDD_ADC that is supposed to
>> be a 1.8V  reference voltage. On the board that i am making i have some
>> components that need 1.8V(among which some simple protection circuits for
>> the Analog inputs). I was thinking that instead of using an LOD for
>> conversion i could draw directly from that pin to power those components.
>> Is this a viable solution or is there a problem or drawback if i use the
>> 1.8V reference voltage pin ? Thank you in advance for your responses.
>>
>> It is a reference pin, not a power pin, so no you cannot draw current for
>> your other circuits. A small LDO regulator is inexpensive so just add one.
>>
>> Regards,
>> John
>>
>>
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