I have seen it on one board. Funny thing is it does not always do it.

Gerald


On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 11:45 AM, John Syn <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> From: Graham <[email protected]>
> Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> Date: Friday, November 14, 2014 at 8:03 AM
> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> Subject: [beagleboard] Re: Labolatory power supply fails to power up
> BeagleBone Black
>
> I have a similar problem, using a "B&K Precision 1550" Lab Bench Power
> Supply.
> When you turn on the Output of the supply, the BBB Power Light blinks once
> and
> the BeagleBone Black does not boot.
>
> If you put an oscilloscope on the output of the supply and watch it turn
> on, then
> the power supply overshoots up to 6 Volts, before returning to the 5 Volt
> setting.
>
> That is just crazy. I have never seen a bench power supply do this.
> Perhaps you should contact B&K, because there must be something wrong with
> the voltage regulation on your power supply.
>
> Regards,
> John
>
>
>
> It turns out that the Power Management IC used in the Beaglebone Black will
> do an over-voltage shutdown at 6 Volts for protection. So, that is why it
> does
> one-blink then shuts-off.
>
> So, not only do you need a certain rise time, which the B&K power supply
> meets, but  you can not have any large overshoot.  No good power supply
> should have this much overshoot, but the B&K does, so it has problems
> running a BBB.
>
> --- Graham
>
> ==
>
> On Friday, November 14, 2014 4:03:37 AM UTC-6, bremenpl wrote:
>>
>> Hello there,
>> I have a very strange problem with powering up BeagleBone Black (rev
>> C).... When i try to power it up from some cheap AC adapter it works fine,
>> but when I connect to to my labolatory power supply the power LED on board
>> is lid for a second and then doesnt power up the MCU and turns off intead.
>> I have connected both supplys to osciloscope and they are both stable, the
>> laboratory one even more. Why is the power controller on the BeagleBone
>> Black refusing to power up the MCU when powered from lab supply? I have no
>> idea what is this about. I would aprichiate any help.
>>
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