I guess not knowing the content of the original thread, or understanding
the cause for this preposterous idea is the price I pay for not showing
up to meetings! :) Sorry.
However might I suggest the following; Leave the avionics bus
specification alone, and have an external group (?) design/pro
> The argument given for item 1 was a bit fallacious. If it takes (for
> instance) 2W to run a transmitter and you supply 5V to it, then you will
> be obliged to reduce its resistance enough to draw 400 mA to run it.
Don't forget, we're using switching supplies here. So we're not obliged
to red
Hi Bart,
> ... I don't see
> the extra pair of wires as a huge drawback, and this would
> allow devices to choose what they needed. In particular,
> this would let the microcontroller run off USB power, which
> means that groups like PARTS could reuse our layout and PCB
> for the microcontroller
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote:
> > I just re-read the entire Capstone report, and I can't find any
> > justification for the use of a separate power supply.
>
> Aaaargh, sorry. I clearly remember discussing the power supply voltage
> issue in detail during the capstone project. Switchi
