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Subject: [ts-7000] Re: Over current behavior with USB device on TS-7260
From: "wrsimpson.alaska" <>
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:28:01 -0000
Hey Jason-

  Thanks for the reply.  I have inquired with the manufacturer regarding the 
USB compliance.  We are likely to now supply 5V to the spectrometer externally. 
 I agree with you that we might overheat it in that way, so we will put this 5V 
under digital control of the TS-7260.  We will only turn on the spectrometer 
after the USB comes fully functional. In that way, I hope we can prevent the 
overheating you describe.  

  Thanks for the help.

Bill

--- In  Jason Stahls <> wrote:
>
> charliem_1216 wrote:
> > --- In  "wrsimpson.alaska" <wrsimpson.alaska@> 
> > wrote:
> >   
> >> Hey Charliem_1216-
> >>
> >>   Thanks for the information.  I'm using the 2.4 kernel, so I don't know 
> >> the overcurrent condition in the syslog.  
> >>
> >>   Regarding one or two ports, I see that the USB power on the TS-7260 
> >> schematic is just wired to both of the 5V power pins on the connector, so 
> >> I don't think I get any more power by using two connectors.  
> >>     
> >
> > OK, I thought the MIC2026 chip was doing the current limiting for two 
> > channels.
> >
> > AFAIK, there are low power devices (never draw more than 100 mA) and high 
> > power devices (up to 500 mA).  High power devices are not supposed to 
> > exceed 100 mA draw until the host configures the device, after the host has 
> > determined that it has 500 mA available.  You should check with Ocean 
> > Optics to see whether the microcontroller in the spectrometer obeys that 
> > restriction.
> 
> Also, many chipsets don't obey that restriction as I believe the standby 
> current on a USB port (before enumeration) is only in the mA range...  
> Also, if the schematic shows both ports connected to the same 5v supply 
> then I really doubt the board is fully complying with the power specs 
> for USB.  Odds are if you connected the spectrometer direct to +5v with 
> no bus connection it would probably overheat as it does now....
> 
> -- 
> Jason Stahls
>




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