On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 11:56:43AM -0700, [email protected] wrote:
> Why wouldn't you connect the output of the voltage monitor (MAX809,
> FM809, TCM809, etc.) to the *RESET line of the MSP430? When the power
> drops below the monitor level (say 2.9 V for a 3.3V system) the *RESET
> is held low until power returns.
>
> Are you seeing this in ALL flavors of MSP, or just older (2.7 -5.5V)
> parts?
Sometimes a pin-reset does not work, seems to be a real brownout condition
(or another problem here ;-(. It is with a current MSP (1121).
Matthias