Processor has gone to the happy processor graveyard in the sky and it is
possible that it has take a few other chips from the board with it.

I would just buy another board and read up on voltage dividers.

Gerald

On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 3:23 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]> wrote:

> By the way, you may have bolwn the PMIC I do not know much about that, but
> I'm pretty sure the processor is toast. If it's a circuitco board Maybe you
> should talk to Gerald to see if they can recover the board for you. However
> unless you have something on the board that you absolutely have to have.
> Just buy a new board. It'll be far cheaper for you that way.
>
> On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 1:18 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>>>
>>> *1. Very minor references in most BBB documentation/webpages discussing
>>> Analog Inputs and max voltages. Coming from working with Pi's and
>>> Arduino's, it was common to have analog inputs range from 0 to 5V, so the
>>> 1.8V was unexpected.*
>>
>>
>> Not sure where you're going on this one, but that problem is all on you.
>> I'm not an EE, and even I know better than to start hooking up *ANYTHING*
>> without first reading official documentation. Where the official
>> documentation is the beaglebone reference manual, as well as the TRM for
>> the A335x. So if you're trying to blame someone else for your screw up . .
>> . well it's going to fall on deaf ears.
>>
>> What more, 1.8v is an absolute maximum. Meaning; you'd be lucky to not
>> blow the processor if going to 1.81v. Anyway, like Harvey said above, you
>> have to scale input voltages, and then that also gets scaled in software.
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 11:03 AM, Harvey White <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 6 Jun 2016 10:12:43 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:
>>>
>>> >Hi,
>>> >
>>> >Yesterday I was trying to use some of the analog inputs on the BBB to
>>> read
>>> >my photodiode, and instead, I think I blew up the power supply on my
>>> board.
>>> >With power applied, I get no PWR led, so I'm pretty certain it's dead.
>>> >Short of replacing the power management chip, is there anything I can
>>> >do/replace to get the board working again?
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >Brief Background
>>> >
>>> >I hooked up the photodiode to an Arduino and was able to read 0 - 5V
>>> >easily, so I wanted to do the same on the BBB.
>>> >I read some of the materials re: AIN on the BBB, but apparently I missed
>>> >all the references to the max voltage of 1.8V!
>>> >I started by enabling the analog inputs on the BBB, and started with
>>> AIN0.
>>> >
>>> >With nothing attached, I was reading about 0 - so far, so good.
>>> >Then I figured I'd try to see what a full 5.0V read out, so I plugged in
>>> >the VDD 5V to AIN0, and all the LEDs went out instantly.
>>> >Now all LEDs stay off, even the PWR LED, when power is applied.
>>> >
>>> >No doubt, it was stupid, but I have a few additional takeaways -
>>> >1. Very minor references in most BBB documentation/webpages discussing
>>> >Analog Inputs and max voltages.
>>> >Coming from working with Pi's and Arduino's, it was common to have
>>> analog
>>> >inputs range from 0 to 5V, so the 1.8V was unexpected.
>>>
>>> Actually, it's 0 to VCC on the MEGA and XMEGA chips.  The Mega chips
>>> can run at 3.3 volts, and the XMEGA chips *must* run at no more than
>>> 3.3 volts.
>>>
>>> >
>>> >2.  Isn't there any protection at all from this kind of damage?  Or was
>>> the
>>> >main problem that I used the VDD 5V and fed it into the AIN0 port?
>>>
>>> These are generally direct chip inputs, and there's generally no
>>> buffering.
>>>
>>> >Would I have killed it if I used the VDD ADC instead of the VDD 5v or
>>> would
>>> >using the VCC ADC possibly have protected it?
>>>
>>> 1.8 volts maximum.
>>>
>>> >
>>> >3.  What is the "normal" way of using the BBB analog inputs with 5V
>>> levels?
>>> > Is it possible - or is there where I would use a level-shifter or zener
>>> >diode?
>>>
>>> Level shifters are generally digital, and zener diodes don't help all
>>> that much (and are not really a good idea here).  My standard advice
>>> would be to run the analog voltage through a non-inverting op amp
>>> configured as a gain stage.  You run the op-amp (and have to pick one
>>> that does rail to rail and also runs from 1.8 volts) from the 1.8 volt
>>> supply.
>>>
>>> Harvey
>>>
>>> >
>>> >Thanks for the any comments or additional info provided!
>>>
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