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Old 09-26-2016, 07:29 PM   #2848 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by MPaulHolmes View Post
Wow! I can now use the little 15watt supply too with those 2 pull down resistors added. It must be that the attiny, even programmed, (due to the delay of like 50mS or whatever), starts out dead, comes alive, but after like 60mS, there's already been time for large surges through the push pull drivers, so that I've had to use the 50watt 12v in, 24v out power supply for powering the board. Now it can use the tiny 15 watt! Oh joy.
Improvements - that's great to hear. Is it possible this could happen on our rev 1 boards during the startup of the controller since the attiny starts up in a float condition?
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