APPENDIX C. POWER MANAGEMENT

C.1 Power Supplies

Power is supplied to the Jackrabbit board from an external source through either header J1 or header J4. J1 is a 3-pin straight header with a pitch of 0.1". Vin is on pin 2 between

ground on pins 1 and 3. The symmetry allows for a 3-pin cable to be connected either way.

The Jackrabbit board itself is protected against reverse polarity by a Shottky diode at D2 as shown in Figure C-1.The Shottky diode has a low forward voltage drop, 0.3 V, which keeps the minimum DCIN required to power the Jackrabbit lower than a normal silicon diode would allow.

 

 

 

 

LINEAR POWER SUPPLY

J1

 

+RAW DCIN

 

 

 

 

Vcc

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

POWER IN

1

D2

 

 

7805

 

 

 

 

2

 

1

U1

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

1N5819

C1

 

2

 

 

C2

 

 

 

 

10 µF

 

 

100 nF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY

Vcc

 

 

 

14

LM2575

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

17

 

 

 

C3

 

 

 

 

2

 

4

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

330 µF

 

 

 

1

 

18

1

330 µH

 

 

 

 

 

L1

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

D1

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

 

1N5819

 

 

Figure C-1. Jackrabbit Power Supply Schematic

The external power, +RAW, is provided to any daughterboard connected to the Jackrabbit via pin 38 of header J4. +RAW is not protected against reversed polarity, such as could happen if the cable was connected to header J1 offset by one pin. This absence of protec- tion is intentional so as to provide the maximum possible voltage to any daughterboard connected to the Jackrabbit.

Capacitor C1 provides surge current protection for the voltage regulator, and allows the external power supply to be located some distance away from the Jackrabbit board. A switching power supply or a linear power supply option is provided, depending on the Jackrabbit model.

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Digi BL1800 user manual Appendix C. Power Management, Power Supplies