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Andy Neil
11/28/04 19:00
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Basingstoke
Uk


 
#82139 - Brownout?
Responding to: Daniel Hertanu's previous message
Not always, but some times, when the power components starts, the whole system goes crazy ... I know, this is a EMI/RFI problem

Not necessarily: it could just be that the sudden surge in power demand when "power components starts" causes your microntroller's power supply to "droop" out of spec - this is known as a brown-out.
You should also search this forum for "brownout."

Are you using a proper supervisor circuit, with proper reset generation and a Watchdog?
As I've said several times before (do the search), these will not cure an underlying brownout problem, but they will ensure that your whole system does not "go crazy" as a result.
Search keywords: "Watchdog" and "Supervisor."

Of course, it could even be that you're suffering from both EMI/RFI and brownout...!




List of 22 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
EMI/RFI noise      Daniel Hertanu      11/28/04 15:52      
   Keep looking      Steve M. Taylor      11/28/04 16:19      
   Brownout?      Andy Neil      11/28/04 19:00      
      It is Brownout      Prahlad J. Purohit      11/28/04 19:56      
         brownout protection        Erik Malund      11/29/04 15:40      
   EMI/ RFI solutions.      Prahlad J. Purohit      11/28/04 20:02      
   Archives      James Krushlucki      11/28/04 22:08      
      0.1uF      Steve M. Taylor      11/29/04 03:56      
         Caps      Joseph Hebert      11/29/04 14:50      
            Highcap ceramics against paralleling        Kai Klaas      12/05/04 10:18      
               Highcap Ceramic.      Prahlad J. Purohit      12/05/04 11:24      
                  Thanks!      Kai Klaas      12/05/04 11:28      
         .01uf      James Krushlucki      11/30/04 23:07      
      decoupling      Erik Malund      11/29/04 15:42      
   EMI problem solution.      Alberto Geraci      11/29/04 15:55      
      is it ?      Erik Malund      11/29/04 16:00      
         That's all      Alberto Geraci      11/29/04 18:27      
            to Alberto      Erik Malund      11/30/04 07:06      
               To Erik      Alberto Geraci      11/30/04 19:41      
   Electrically Noisy Environments      Andy Neil      11/29/04 17:02      
   brownout - no, everything else - maybe      Daniel Hertanu      12/01/04 11:30      
   Problem solved      Daniel Hertanu      12/04/04 05:21      

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