On Monday 11 February 2002 19:06, Jeff Newmiller wrote: > Using chassis ground as signal ground is not recommended, as the two > may differ significantly if an electrical short occurs or if you > start disconnecting parts out of sequence. > > Remember, current flows in a loop... keep the loop small (area wise) > and use the appropriate ground references.
Good point! ... revision 50 goes as follows: Yep, if I had really spent some time thinking about this roughly 20 posts ago, I'd probably posted something similar to this: IDE connector pin #30 missing R8 LD017 pin#62 0---------------0 0---------0 Ground | | #WP 0 Jack 0 | | 0-switch-0 Find the missing R8, assuming it exists since it is on the schematic and data sheet, and simply add a jack where R8 _would_ go if it existed. From this jack, wire in a RF safe switch ... as Charles noted, something like an unused 'reset' switch would be perfect. In the closed position, the drive will be write-protected. In the open postion, the drive will not be write-protected and operate as released to the general public. The addition of the jack (to wire in the jack) is to protect the the device in case you try to do something like remove the switch or drive while powered up .... it is not necessary if your not concerned about this, but suggested all the same! Done! ;) ~Lynn Avants aka Guitarlynn guitarlynn at users.sourceforge.net http://leaf.sourceforge.net If linux isn't the answer, you've probably got the wrong question! _______________________________________________ Leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel