From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Oct 27 19:35:25 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7724737B401 for ; Sun, 27 Oct 2002 19:35:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from 002.216-123-229-0.interbaun.com (002.216-123-229-0.interbaun.com [216.123.229.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B738843E3B for ; Sun, 27 Oct 2002 19:35:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from soralx@cydem.zp.ua) Received: from 254.216-123-229-0.interbaun.com ([192.168.0.3]) by 002.216-123-229-0.interbaun.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g9S3ZKi00214 for ; Sun, 27 Oct 2002 20:35:21 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from soralx@cydem.zp.ua) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: i am looking for a 5 volt signal Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2002 19:35:12 -0700 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.4] References: <3DBC42AF.C68F31B0@mindspring.com> <200210272207.g9RM76sX091839@apollo.backplane.com> In-Reply-To: <200210272207.g9RM76sX091839@apollo.backplane.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-Id: <200210271935.12396.soralx@cydem.zp.ua> Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > In anycase, I can only concur on the danger of ganging the parallel > power output bits. A single chip is driving those outputs and is > almost certainly not rated to deal with a maximal current draw from > all of them at once for long periods of time. It could fry. The output signals don't go straight from the chip - do they? I've seen few KOhms resistors on most boards for each output pin. 27.10.2002; 19:32:00 [SorAlx] http://cydem.zp.ua/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message