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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 1:07 PM, Internet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:internet@devpi.de" target="_blank">internet@devpi.de</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div dir="auto">I took another look and i am pretty satisfied with the results ;). </div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>yeah, thank you for encouraging me to do it. </div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div dir="auto">However, a few things still need attention (i wrote it down on <a href="http://t224.mjt.lu/lnk/AEAAHq9bWRkAAAAAAAAAAGbE2wkAASHlFNUAAAAAAAZHgABYquow53AL_eKiTEKLFD2cPfS26wAGAjk/1/8CS5JnYHwfGJh6YxzsKZ1g/aHR0cDovL3Job21idXMtdGVjaC5uZXQ" target="_blank">rhombus-tech.net</a>)<br><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>ok let's go through them:</div><div><br></div><h2 id="gmail-pcb3-powerboard" style="font-size:1.4em;line-height:1em;margin-left:1em;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,224)">PCB3 - Power Board</h2><ul style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:medium;background-color:rgb(255,255,224)"><li>connect thermistor for BQ24193 USB OTG Charger between BAT_NTC and GND (not TS which is wired to the fuel guage)</li></ul><div><font color="#000000" size="3">yep, cut/paste error there</font></div><div><font color="#000000" size="3"><br></font></div><ul style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:medium;background-color:rgb(255,255,224)"><li>change DVCC to SYS-V (otherwise LEDs won't work)</li></ul><div><font color="#000000" size="3">yep done</font></div><ul style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:medium;background-color:rgb(255,255,224)"><li>pin 2 of connector J2 (to PCB1) should go to VCC-5V0 (we need power for the EOMA68 card)</li></ul><div><font color="#000000" size="3">ah no. rrright, the way it works is:</font></div><div><font color="#000000" size="3"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" size="3">* EOMA68 Card Power is actually "OTG-like". as in, you should expect it to be *reversible* on demand, because there could actually be an OTG charger plugged into the card, providing power *in* to the Housing. this is why the SY6280 is required.</font></div><div><font color="#000000" size="3"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" size="3">* the laptop's main components need a *separate* 5.0V power rail, for the USB Hub, Audio, LCD, USB2 connectors etc. etc.</font></div><div><font color="#000000" size="3"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" size="3">* power could actually come *in* through the EOMA68-5V0 line and has to go *in* to VBUS... which... argh, is missing so that needs sorting.</font></div><div><font color="#000000" size="3"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" size="3">* power can also go *out* through the EOMA68-5V0 line (from VBUS) when the bq24193 is put in "boost" mode (this is for OTG power compliance) ... which is missing and entirely defeats the purpose of *using* the bq24193 in the first place :)</font></div><div><font color="#000000" size="3"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" size="3">*sigh* so still have to sort that out, creating a two-way power path between VBUS and EOMA68-5V0 at *specifically* 5.0v, coping with 1.5A sustained current, and under user-control... preferably without using too many components. SY6280's are my favourite "power cutting IC". there's one spare pin on PCB3 J4 which could be used to control its enabling.</font></div><div><font color="#000000" size="3"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" size="3">my first guess at a circuit would be a schottky diode pointing from EOMA68-5V0 to VBUS to act as "power in to VBUS" and the SY6280 to act as "power out". however, a *five amp* power regulator is going to be needed on VIN to ensure that the input voltage never exceeds 5V (which it could at the moment).</font></div><div><font color="#000000" size="3"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" size="3">thoughts appreciated.</font></div><div><font color="#000000" size="3"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" size="3">.</font></div><div><font color="#000000" size="3"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" size="3"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" size="3"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" size="3"><br></font></div></div></div></div>