Re: gEDA-user: temperature logger/sensor

2008-12-01 Thread Levente Kovacs
On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:57:41 -0600 Kipton Moravec [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I probably would have gone with the Atmel Data Flash as opposed to the memory chips you are using. (But it uses SPI Interface.) For example: http://www.atmel.com/dyn/resources/prod_documents/doc3500.pdf As far as

Re: gEDA-user: temperature logger/sensor

2008-12-01 Thread Kipton Moravec
On Mon, 2008-12-01 at 23:05 +0100, Levente Kovacs wrote: Thanks. I replaced the cap, and it has the same effect. However, one of my friend pointed out, that the regulator I am using maintains its switching frequency as a function of the output current. The consumption is low. If that is the

gEDA-user: temperature logger/sensor

2008-11-30 Thread Levente Kovacs
Hi, In the last few weeks, I've been busy designing and bulding a temperature sensor/logger. The second version is out and can be found here. http://logonex.eu/~leva/projects/temp_collector/ There are a few pictures of it. http://logonex.eu/gallery/tns/1043.html There is no firmware yet, I

Re: gEDA-user: temperature logger/sensor

2008-11-30 Thread Kipton Moravec
I probably would have gone with the Atmel Data Flash as opposed to the memory chips you are using. (But it uses SPI Interface.) For example: http://www.atmel.com/dyn/resources/prod_documents/doc3500.pdf As far as the Power Supply goes, replace the 470 pF cap. Either you accidentally put the

Re: gEDA-user: temperature logger/sensor

2008-11-30 Thread DJ Delorie
The other problem may be the C101 470 uF capacitor. Usually switchers need very low ESR capacitors in this position. So two electrolytic in parallel, or a Low ESR Tant. and add a ceramic 10 uF and 1 uF help ensure a low ESR with the big cap. One other trick is to use higher *voltage* caps,