Gerald, hey question: This design you're working on will not stand in the
way of us  users doing our own thing. Will it ? I'm assuming you'd be
implementing this into the next revision, or even board, but . . . Yeah
assumptions . . .

On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 12:45 PM, Gerald Coley <ger...@beagleboard.org>
wrote:

> I am working on this in my spare time. Basic concept is that you need
> enough power after you pull power to give the PMIC time to ramp the voltage
> rails down in order so as not to violate the specification of the
> processor..
>
> Best idea so far is a super cap on the battery connections. That would
> require SW to start the shutdown process once power was detected as being
> removed. I am trying to find a way to do this that won't add too much cost
> and that does not rely on the SW to start the shutdown process..
>
> Gerald
>
> On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 2:34 PM, Chris Morgan <chmor...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I would be interested in the outcome of this investigation. We are
>> using the bbb in a commercial setting, through CircuitCo, and I'm not
>> sure what the power down ramp will look like. It is possible (and
>> likely) that the voltage falloff will be slow compared to a quick
>> unplug, but our devices power up and down relatively frequently.
>>
>> Any guidance on this would be appreciated.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 3:17 PM, Gerald Coley <ger...@beagleboard.org>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> http://www.elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack#Improper_Power_Down....All_Revisions
>> >
>> > Gerald
>> >
>> > On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 1:35 PM, <ursus.mars...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I have four Beaglebone Blacks that have "died". They all exhibit the
>> same
>> >> behavior. When the power is applied the "Power LED" flashes on then
>> off.
>> >> Each time power is applied this short sequence repeats. My first guess
>> is
>> >> that the power conditioning circuit is failing to produce/receive a
>> "power
>> >> good" signal.
>> >>
>> >> My question is: Have others experience the same issue? Is there a path
>> to
>> >> resurrect these four boards?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks.
>> >>
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