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[ts-7000] Re: BAT3/7260 : problems with killing and sleeping

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Subject: [ts-7000] Re: BAT3/7260 : problems with killing and sleeping
From: "doka" <>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:23:56 -0000
I have a very bad experience with BAT-3. It has some serous design problems 
wich manifest in strange behaviours under EMC conditions - if your power supply 
is not very clean, don't use this board. Plus, contacts supplied with it are 
low quality - I had simillar behaviour because of loose contacts. And it gets 
worse with time.
Finally, we replaced all of BAT-3 (about a dozen) with different design.

--- In  "ryanalexanderson" <> wrote:
>
> Hello all, 
> 
> Hope someone can help. As the title says, I've got a TS-7260 with a BAT3 
> board on it, down here in Antarctica. I'm using it to wake up and transmit 
> GPS coordinates via Iridium from an ice shelf. 
> 
> I'm running it from external batteries, but thought I would charge the 
> on-board BAT3 batteries too. So, I do something like this:
> 
> bat3 --charge 300 &
> //...wait a while
> PSID=`ps | grep "bat3 --charge" | grep -v grep | awk '{print $1}'` 
> kill -SIGHUP $PSID
> bat3 --sleep 4000
> 
> When I do this, the system reboots, but does not sleep. It doesn't even 
> really reboot, just goes:
> 
> >> TS-NANDBOOT, Rev 1.00 - built 10:14:31, Mar  7 2005
> >> Copyright (C) 2004, Technologic Systems
> 
> >> TS-BOOTROM, Rev 1.09 - built 09:54:04, Oct 23 2008
> >> Copyright (C) 2006-2008, Technologic Systems
> >> TS-7260: Rev >E1 CPU, Rev E PLD, 32MB SDRAM, options ( 5UARTS )
> >> TS-5620: detected, battery OK, time ( 23:22:18, Nov  9 2009 )
> 
> >> TS-NANDBOOT, Rev 1.00 - built 10:14:31, Mar  7 2005
> >> Copyright (C) 2004, Technologic Systems
> 
> >> TS-BOOTROM, Rev 1.09 - built 09:54:04, Oct 23 2008
> >> Copyright (C) 2006-2008, Technologic Systems
> >> TS-7260: Rev >E1 CPU, Rev E PLD, 32MB SDRAM, options ( 5UARTS )
> >> TS-5620: detected, battery OK, time ( 23:22:19, Nov  9 2009 )
> 
> >> TS-NANDBOOT, Rev 1.00 - built 10:14:31, Mar  7 2005
> >> Copyright (C) 2004, Technologic Systems
> 
> ..etc. I can get of this by shorting the ISP pins. I've seen similar 
> behaviour when voltages are low, but the onboard right now is 3.6V and a 
> steady 12.6V on the line voltage. 
> 
> And, if I reboot, muddle out of it, and do a sleep -without- the charge/kill, 
> usually there's no problem - it sleeps the indicated time, then wakes up 
> fine. 
> 
> For posterity, here's the bat3 response:
> 
> ----Normal-----
> Supply Voltage ADC    = 492C
> Regulated Voltage ADC = 6444
> Battery Voltage       = 3.54V (A848)
> Battery Current       = -1648020uA
> PWM LO = 0033
> PWM T  = 004F
> TEMP   = 83.3F
> PWM 1 EN  = OFF
> PWM 2 EN  = OFF
> OFFSET EN = OFF
> OPAMP EN  = OFF
> BUCK EN   = ON
> LED       = ON
> JP3       = OFF
> Running on LINE VOLTAGE
> 
> 
> ------ After a charge/kill ------------
> Supply Voltage ADC    = 48F9
> Regulated Voltage ADC = 640C
> Battery Voltage       = 3.65V (AD4B)
> Battery Current       = 299040uA
> PWM LO = 0168
> PWM T  = 01F4
> TEMP   = 83.4F
> PWM 1 EN  = ON
> PWM 2 EN  = ON
> OFFSET EN = OFF
> OPAMP EN  = ON
> BUCK EN   = OFF
> LED       = ON
> JP3       = OFF
> Running on LINE VOLTAGE
> 
> Any help would be welcome. Thanks!
> Ryan
>




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