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fixed_bor_setup [2006/02/06 22:37]
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fixed_bor_setup [2006/10/15 09:35] (current)
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 New Setting: Brown Out Reset at 4.5V New Setting: Brown Out Reset at 4.5V
  
-This ensures that the PIC won't access devices during power-off which cannot operate at voltages < 4.5V (e.g. the BankStick, which could get an unintended write command)+This ensures that the PIC won't access devices during power-off which cannot operate at voltages < 4.5V (e.g. the [[Bankstick]], which could get an unintended write command)
  
   * **//From the forum: //**    * **//From the forum: //** 
 The LCD message you saw notifies about the activation of the BOR flag, see documentation in the Change Log: http://​www.ucapps.de/​mios_changelog.html - this is no error message, but just a hint, that this (required!) change has been done. The LCD message you saw notifies about the activation of the BOR flag, see documentation in the Change Log: http://​www.ucapps.de/​mios_changelog.html - this is no error message, but just a hint, that this (required!) change has been done.
  
-So, what could happen: your PSU is too weak, or there is a short circuit somewhere, which drops the core   ​voltage to below 4.5V. At this voltage some external components (like LCDs or BankSticks) don't work   ​reliable anymore, therefore the PIC is forced into reset state, so that nothing "​dangerous"​ happens (e.g. so   ​that the bankstick format routine won't be started). ​Propably ​for your application the BOR reset is not   ​really relevant, but in general it makes sense to activate it.+So, what could happen: your PSU is too weak, or there is a short circuit somewhere, which drops the core   ​voltage to below 4.5V. At this voltage some external components (like LCDs or [[bankstick]]s) don't work   ​reliable anymore, therefore the PIC is forced into reset state, so that nothing "​dangerous"​ happens (e.g. so that the [[bankstick]] format routine won't be started). ​Probably ​for your application the BOR reset is not really relevant, but in general it makes sense to activate it.
  
 So - my tip - remove all 74HC595 chips and check if the reset still happens. The successively put them into the sockets again (switch-off the power when doing this!) in order to find out, which part of the DOUT chain is defective. \\  So - my tip - remove all 74HC595 chips and check if the reset still happens. The successively put them into the sockets again (switch-off the power when doing this!) in order to find out, which part of the DOUT chain is defective. \\ 
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