Additionally, there is a big difference between yanking the power while the beaglebone is running, and nothing connected to it's external pins, versus yanking the power while the beaglebone is running and having one or more external pins connected to something.
On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 4:16 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]> wrote: > *This probably explains why I've not killed my BBB by just pulling the >> plug (both USB powered and via barrel connector on multiple different >> occasions). But Derek Molloy's "Exploring Beaglebone" book says you >> shouldn't do this on Page 21 "how to destroy your Beaglebone". Is he >> totally wrong here?* >> > > There is a big difference between pulling the power when the beaglebone is > running, versus after it's shutdown. > > On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 4:09 PM, Wally Bkg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Monday, May 16, 2016 at 5:45:21 PM UTC-5, William Hermans wrote: >> >>> You do not need anything connected to the beaglebone for any reason. The >>> beaglebone has an on die ADC that can detect if the AC mains is powered or >>> not. In which case, after a preset time period the Beaglebone could shut >>> its self down. >>> >>> Meanwhile, an external "device" can just switch off the input 5V to the >>> beaglebone after a preset amount of time. Then once you have AC power back, >>> the "Device" simply turns the 5V back on. >>> >> >> This probably explains why I've not killed my BBB by just pulling the >> plug (both USB powered and via barrel connector on multiple different >> occasions). But Derek Molloy's "Exploring Beaglebone" book says you >> shouldn't do this on Page 21 "how to destroy your Beaglebone". Is he >> totally wrong here? >> >> -- >> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "BeagleBoard" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/05df5597-53b3-4059-bf5e-96e01ab6807f%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/05df5597-53b3-4059-bf5e-96e01ab6807f%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/CALHSORo1Fy2-VUCuRYyvxCRU6Lw%3D8VWrkVY_BDganQuJJDi%2BDA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
