Not necessarily , my car is a 95 3kgt and it starts within 1-2 seconds of
turning it over. A cap big enough should be able to handle that. As for the
24v idk how I didn't catch that, but then again who knows it is possible.

-Wil
On Nov 5, 2013 9:30 PM, "Brandon I" <brandon.ir...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > I've connected beagleboneblack to my car power supply with 24V to 5V
> step down.
>
> 24V "power supply" in a car? If this means you're this from the
> accessories circuit, you're doomed. Accessories are turned off while the
> car is being started, and a cap won't be enough to power the beaglebone,
> since they stay off as long as you're turning the engine. Another problem
> is, you'll corrupt the filesystem with an out-of-the-box beaglebone. You'll
> *have to* use a read only file system.
>
> You could tie the beaglebone directly to the battery (with a fuse of
> course) and use some circuit to monitor when to turn it on and off.
>
> On Tuesday, November 5, 2013 9:24:49 AM UTC-8, Wilfredo Nieves wrote:
>>
>> I think you should be fine as long as you don't use a value that is too
>> high or too low. Too high may cause problems with rise time and too low may
>> not keep enough power supplied for the board to stay powered up. Also  caps
>> aren't like batteries, the charge almost instantaneously where as batteries
>> need time to fully charge so as long as you can get the cap charged fast
>> enough the board should power up without any problems.
>>
>> -Wil
>> On Nov 5, 2013 8:27 AM, "satya gowtham kudupudi" <satyago...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Thank you. I will give a try. As per the post here
>>> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/beagleboard/
>>> aXv6An1xfqI/mURD3LfQ5dMJ? the power source should have proper rise
>>> time. I'm afraid a capacitor will increase the rise time. Any way I'll give
>>> a try.
>>>
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