Re: [beagleboard] Powering the BBB

2014-03-05 Thread Gerald Coley
That particular regulator can have different pinouts. I have been bitten before. So double check that based on the supplier. What voltage are you seeing on the output? I believe the best you can get out of that regulator without a big heatsink is maybe 500mA which is borderline for the BBB. You

Re: [beagleboard] Powering the BBB

2014-03-05 Thread Dorian Levy
Addicore 5V 1.5A Positive Voltage Regulator L7805CV On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 10:52 AM, Gerald Coley ger...@beagleboard.orgwrote: That particular regulator can have different pinouts. I have been bitten before. So double check that based on the supplier. What voltage are you seeing on the

Re: [beagleboard] Powering the BBB

2014-03-05 Thread Gerald Coley
Are you using a heatsink? Voltage? Gerald On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 10:07 AM, Dorian Levy dorianal...@gmail.com wrote: Addicore 5V 1.5A Positive Voltage Regulator L7805CV On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 10:52 AM, Gerald Coley ger...@beagleboard.orgwrote: That particular regulator can have different

Re: [beagleboard] Powering the BBB

2014-03-05 Thread Dorian Levy
No heatsink 5V On Mar 5, 2014 11:13 AM, Gerald Coley ger...@beagleboard.org wrote: Are you using a heatsink? Voltage? Gerald On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 10:07 AM, Dorian Levy dorianal...@gmail.comwrote: Addicore 5V 1.5A Positive Voltage Regulator L7805CV On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 10:52 AM,

Re: [beagleboard] Powering the BBB

2014-03-05 Thread Gerald Coley
OK. Then what you are describing as your issue, i would expect to happen. Gerald On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 12:37 PM, Dorian Levy dorianal...@gmail.com wrote: No heatsink 5V On Mar 5, 2014 11:13 AM, Gerald Coley ger...@beagleboard.org wrote: Are you using a heatsink? Voltage? Gerald On

Re: [beagleboard] Powering the BBB

2014-03-05 Thread Dorian Levy
Because the IC can't provide the required current without a heat sink? Or because the BBB is going into thermal protection? A little insight into why you would expect that would be appreciated. On Mar 5, 2014 1:43 PM, Gerald Coley ger...@beagleboard.org wrote: OK. Then what you are describing as

Re: [beagleboard] Powering the BBB

2014-03-05 Thread Gerald Coley
Because the regulator is going into thermal limit due to excessive heat dissipation. Make the 11.7V supply say 8V and it will run longer. The hole in the tab of the regulator is for the heat sink. Now, if the regulator is putting out 7V, then it could be the board. Gerald On Wed, Mar 5, 2014

Re: [beagleboard] Powering the BBB

2014-03-05 Thread Dorian Levy
11.7V supply shouldn't be a problem because it can take up to 25V, but I'll try a heat sink and see if that helps. On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 2:05 PM, Gerald Coley ger...@beagleboard.org wrote: Because the regulator is going into thermal limit due to excessive heat dissipation. Make the 11.7V

Re: [beagleboard] Powering the BBB

2014-03-05 Thread Gerald Coley
This is a linear regulator. Very old technology. A watt waster. It is dissipating the difference between the input voltage and the output voltage. That creates a lot of heat. Gerald On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 1:13 PM, Dorian Levy dorianal...@gmail.com wrote: 11.7V supply shouldn't be a problem

Re: [beagleboard] Powering the BBB

2014-03-05 Thread John Syn
From: Dorian Levy dorianal...@gmail.com Reply-To: beagleboard@googlegroups.com Date: Wednesday, March 5, 2014 at 11:13 AM To: beagleboard@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [beagleboard] Powering the BBB 11.7V supply shouldn't be a problem because it can take up to 25V, but I'll try a heat

Re: [beagleboard] Powering the BBB

2014-03-05 Thread doog
in hopes of explaining what is being talked around is this. You want 5V from 11V so there's 6V difference. Those linear regulators will give you the 5V at some current level(let's say 1A for simplicity). So you get 5V at 1A and that's 5Watts(5V*1A) but that 1A of current is also involved

Re: [beagleboard] Powering the BBB

2014-03-05 Thread Artie Lekstutis
On 3/5/2014 9:07 PM, doog wrote: in hopes of explaining what is being talked around is this. You want 5V from 11V so there's 6V difference. Those linear regulators will give you the 5V at some current level(let's say 1A for simplicity). So you get 5V at 1A and

[beagleboard] Powering the BBB

2014-03-04 Thread Dorian Levy
I am building a robot that uses an 11.7V battery. I tried attaching a 5V regulator to the T5(+)/T8(-) (pins with the T6(SENSE) bridged to T5 and a 10K resistor between T8(TS) and ground. The board only stays on for about thirty seconds then shuts down. Is it because of the TS? What type of

Re: [beagleboard] Powering the BBB

2014-03-04 Thread Gerald Coley
Can you share a schematic with me? I can't visualize what you are doing. Gerald On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 5:05 PM, Dorian Levy dorianal...@gmail.com wrote: I am building a robot that uses an 11.7V battery. I tried attaching a 5V regulator to the T5(+)/T8(-) (pins with the T6(SENSE) bridged to