Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Edward Rawde" Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: Predictive failures Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 21:16:45 -0400 Organization: BWH Usenet Archive (https://usenet.blueworldhosting.com) Lines: 41 Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 01:16:47 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com; logging-data="44624"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blueworldhosting.com" Cancel-Lock: sha1:/m2w0yS5XkP3t0qwRhItRym3WjE= sha256:PyS8tvNswvAyKPgrHQ1urOZcN3SFkxuUMuO39kNmnAw= sha1:DZNuZ5P0FwLwQt53Q0Um+n+iEIY= sha256:F/8owRu0l5e+F9kuWTI0SQcgTd9xvvfX9qFH/+8vmW8= X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 X-Priority: 3 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 Bytes: 2735 "John Larkin" wrote in message news:p47u1j1tg35ctb3tcta5qevsfnhgnpcrsg@4ax.com... > On Tue, 16 Apr 2024 13:39:07 -0400, "Edward Rawde" > wrote: > > >>> On 17/04/2024 1:22 am, John Larkin wrote: >>>> On Tue, 16 Apr 2024 09:45:34 +0100, Martin Brown >>>> <'''newspam'''@nonad.co.uk> wrote: >>>>> On 15/04/2024 18:13, Don Y wrote: >>> > >>Yes I've seen that a lot. >>The power rails in the production product came up in a different order to >>those in the development lab. >>This caused all kinds of previously unseen behaviour including an >>expensive >>flash a/d chip burning up. >> >>I'd have it in the test spec that any missing power rail does not cause >>issues. >>And any power rail can be turned on and off any time. >>The equipment may not work properly with a missing power rail but it >>should >>not be damaged. > > > Some FPGAs require supply sequencing, as may as four. > > LM3880 is a dedicated powerup sequencer, most cool. > > https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/gwrimefrgm729k8enqrir/28S662D_sh_19.pdf?rlkey=qvyip7rjqfy6i9yegqrt57n23&dl=0 > Ok that doesn't surprise me. I'd want to be sure that the requirement is always met even when the 12V connector is in a position where it isn't sure whether it's connected or not. Or rapid and repeated connect/disconnect of 12V doesn't cause any issue.