On 1 sep, 20:15, vasile surducan <[email protected]> wrote:
> Everything depends on the project status volume. For 100pcs an LDO of 1euro
> is damn expensive.
> At volume LDO (at 100pcs) must be in 0.15-0.2euro/pcs
> If wrong choosed, 3.3V and 5V are an issue, you can see this after the first
> 100 programming times... when need to switch jumpers. No probnlem with one
> hobby board.

This is targeted for hobbiest, hoping that if it's a success, another
double sided pro board would be designed.

> Thermal dissipation on 3.3V could be also a problem. Imagine a communication
> bus at 120mA (maybe you don't need it, like RS485) and a common unstabilised
> power supply of 9V input (need 4V dropout on common/inexpensive 5V LDO). The
> 3V3 stab will dissipate 9V-3.3V =5.7V*0.12A = 0.7W
> Size can be another problem if 10% of your board is occupied with a TO220
> which is loaded with 1W.

Can't we get 3.3V out from 5V ? I've read most regulator accept at
least 4.75V as input.

> For hobby it's good, but those hobby projects will be someday production
> projects... I see this based on your complicated code.
>

Do you mean that our code is so good that it gets used in production
projects ? :)

Cheers,
Seb


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