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Date:      Thu, 22 May 2014 08:53:05 -0600
From:      Ian Lepore <ian@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Luiz Otavio O Souza <lists.br@gmail.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-arm@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: BBB MMC / SD detection instability with U-Boot 2014.04 (CPU 1GHz)
Message-ID:  <1400770385.1152.233.camel@revolution.hippie.lan>
In-Reply-To: <CAB=2f8xyzLQpTQgwc8EHh-_A-0HV_H3w_7uW_RAYXM8X_Q02MA@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <CADH-AwGb36EUknNofdch1Q4Pn8GAN%2BEp9SdiJ_f7Q2v9e4kW1g@mail.gmail.com> <20140522.204656.144162099.toshi@ruby.ocn.ne.jp> <1400765234.1152.224.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> <20140522.231553.186386229.toshi@ruby.ocn.ne.jp> <CAB=2f8xyzLQpTQgwc8EHh-_A-0HV_H3w_7uW_RAYXM8X_Q02MA@mail.gmail.com>

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On Thu, 2014-05-22 at 11:34 -0300, Luiz Otavio O Souza wrote:
> Just picking one email to reply...
> 
> This is probably unrelated, but i can consistently corrupt my SD Card
> data if i connect (and use) a very small R/C servo (the 9g ones, used
> on foam planes) to the 3.3v on the expansion headers.
> 
> I'm not sure if it is because of noise or the power consumption, but
> looks like the BBB is really picky about the power conditions here.
> 
> Connecting the servo to the VDD_5V on the same header makes the problem go away.
> 
> So be careful about what you connect on your boards :)
> 

It looks like the 3v3b rail comes off a 500mA LDO and is already
powering several of the onboard chips (including eMMC and at least part
of the ethernet phy), so it may be power consumption.

-- Ian





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