You can disable in software Vac or Vusb, but not the battery source, that
is why so much trouble
22 Июл 2015 г. 1:25 пользователь "Dennis Cote" <denn...@harding.ca> написал:

> On Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at 8:06:49 AM UTC-6, lisarden wrote:
>
> By the way I with my collegues spent some time on investigating this issue
>> and found in the tps65217 datasheet that all three power source Vac, Vusb
>> and Vbat should not be enabled at the same time. Only two of them should.
>> Because of the reason that BBB is a universal enthusiast's board all three
>> power sources are left floating, which contradicts with tps65217
>> architecture. We figured out that if the most of users use only a barrel
>> connector or USB then Vbat input should be grounded. I don't know if this
>> solution fixes the random reboot issue but at least it complies with the
>> TPS65217 architecture. Probably anybody should try to ground the Vbat input
>> and see how the board behaves.
>>
>
>
> I was reviewing the TPS65217 datasheet and I think this may be the area of
> concern (from section 9.3.9.1):
>
> The linear charger periodically applies a 10-mA current source to the BAT
>> pin to check for the presence of a battery. This will cause the BAT
>> terminal to float up to > 3 V which may interfere with AC removal detection
>> and the ability to switch from AC to USB input. For this reason, it is not
>> recommended to use both AC and USB inputs when the battery is absent.
>
> Since the battery is absent for most BBB users, TI recommends using AC or
> USB power, but not both.
>
> Furthermore, the TPS65217 has internal sinks on the AC and USB inputs, so
> it should not be necessary to short either input to ground when it is not
> used as long as the input sinks have not been forced off by the software.
>
> 9.3.9.4 AC and USB Input Discharge
>>
>
>
>> AC and USB inputs have 90-µA internal current sinks which are used to
>> discharge the input pins to avoid false detection of an input source. The
>> AC sink is enabled when USB is a valid supply and VAC is below the
>> detection threshold. Likewise, the USB sink is enabled when AC is a valid
>> supply and VUSB is below the detection limit. Both current sinks can be
>> forced OFF by setting the [ACSINK, USBSINK] bits to 11b. Both bits are
>> located in register 0x01 (PPATH).
>>
>
>
>> NOTE [ACSINK, USBSINK] = 01b and 10b combinations are not recommended as
>> these may lead to unexpected enabling and disabling of the current sinks. 9
>
>
>> Perhaps someone can check if these are being set to something other than
> 00b.
>
> Dennis Cote
>
>
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