On 03/22/2010 10:58 AM, Bas Mevissen wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-03-19 at 16:56 +0100, Joerg Albert wrote:
>> I looked closer at the PCB and it turned out that we have a voltage
>> divider with two 5.6 kOhm to V_3_3 and GND (R613, R614) and a
>> capacitor C496 (!) towards the CPU. The signal at the CPU looked fine
>> for a 2.5V TTL.
>> The voltage drift seen above is probably caused by the capacitor
>> unloading when the CPU pin is driven down.
>>
> 
> Curious design choice. Works fine for continuous signals at higher
> frequencies, but not here.

Yes. I sent an email to the manufacturer, just in case they do a redesign ;-)

>> I removed the resitors and replaced C496 by a 1k resistor (to protect
>> the CPU pin against shorts). This solved my problem.
>> I guess the above schematics was meant to be a cheap TTL level
>> conversion 2.5V -> 3.3V.
>>
>> Thanks for sending me again to the oscilloscope!
> 
> I'm happy it is solved now. Maybe you can document this in relevant
> places on the web.

I couldn't find a page for the WR741ND in the OpenWRT wiki, so I guess I'll 
create one.

Regards,
Jörg.


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