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08/21/07 12:55
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 		 #143452 - OK, once more
Responding to: ???'s previous message
the voltages are 'examples'

Say you have an uC and a BBRAM that is guaranteed to work at your clock speed from 2V7 to 3V3 and your power supply is 3V3.

You then connect a 3V1 supervisor to the BBRAM CE and an interrupt pin on the uC. So at 3V1 and below the BBRAM is dead and the uC is notified. then you attach a 2V9 supervisor to the uC. That way, whatever the uC does in (going into) reset will not affect the BBRAM. NOTE this ONLY works with BBRAMs with 2 CE inputs, if you insert an OR gate (wired OR will work) all bets are off.

There is a catch here if the power decoupling is not making both chips (and their supervisors) drop identically, you need make it so.

Erik

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the mysterious data loss in BBRAM            01/01/70 00:00      
   I just used the Dallas parts!            01/01/70 00:00      
      I've heard only praises to the Dallas chips, too..            01/01/70 00:00      
         I agree re Dallas            01/01/70 00:00      
            another method            01/01/70 00:00      
               I don't understand            01/01/70 00:00      
                  nah            01/01/70 00:00      
                     ... I just would expect that..            01/01/70 00:00      
                        You are absolutely right, of course!            01/01/70 00:00      
                     You should dig deep when posting here!            01/01/70 00:00      
                        nope, but ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                           But, what if your post is just wrong??            01/01/70 00:00      
                              well, it was not            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 What has this to do with Jan's application??            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    everything            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       When you use a second supervisor chip, ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                                          it does - IF            01/01/70 00:00      
                                             For occasional writes you have the FLASH            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                this depends on application, too            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                   But why??            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                      early power fail interrupt .....            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                         this is the purpose of reset            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                            Sadly, there's no guarantee it does that!            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                               ensure the same voltage on mcu and RAM/supervis            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                               yeah, sure            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                            OK, once more            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                               given a proper ground and power plane ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                         I have to agree ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                                             this depends on application            01/01/70 00:00      
                                             There's room for doubt ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       thanks            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 sounds reasonably            01/01/70 00:00      
   Pull-downs at inputs of battery powered CMOS-RAM            01/01/70 00:00      
      Observation technique affects the outcome            01/01/70 00:00      
         Some comments and two questions            01/01/70 00:00      
   Designing a pre-test environment ...            01/01/70 00:00      
      Eager to hear the results!            01/01/70 00:00      
         You'll have to be patient ...            01/01/70 00:00      
   Has anyone tried THIS?            01/01/70 00:00      

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