diff --git a/m1rc3/usbpwr/README2 b/m1rc3/usbpwr/README2 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..665780b --- /dev/null +++ b/m1rc3/usbpwr/README2 @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +M1pre-rc4 vs. capacitative USB load +=================================== + +This is a test of how the current-limiting USB power switch in +M1pre-rc4 handles a "nasty" capacitative USB load. The worst load +identified in previous tests with an M1rc3 with altered reset +logic (but no current-limiter) [1] was an iCon i-Creativ. + +[1] http://lists.milkymist.org/pipermail/devel-milkymist.org/2011-December/002488.html + +The M1 was set up in the nominal 5.0 V configuration described in +README, which results in a supply voltage that's about 200 mV +below what M1 should normally receive: + +Source Input J21/J3 +------- --------------- --------------- +5.00 4.81/4.86/4.90 4.47/4.62/4.72 + +The worst drop of the 5 V rail that could be observed in about a +dozen hotplug tries was about 450 mV [2]. Note that the probe used +in these measurements has a linear error that cause readings to be +about 2-3% low (~100 mV in this case), i.e., the lowest voltage +was still about 200 mV above the threshold of the reset chip. + +[2] usb-icreativ-50us.png + +The tests above were done with a lab power supply that has very +fast current limiting. A test with a 5 V switching power supply +similar to the one shipped with M1 showed a reduced drop [3] of +only about 350 mV. diff --git a/m1rc3/usbpwr/usb-icreativ-50us-psu.png b/m1rc3/usbpwr/usb-icreativ-50us-psu.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..deccbcb Binary files /dev/null and b/m1rc3/usbpwr/usb-icreativ-50us-psu.png differ diff --git a/m1rc3/usbpwr/usb-icreativ-50us.png b/m1rc3/usbpwr/usb-icreativ-50us.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..98e62c4 Binary files /dev/null and b/m1rc3/usbpwr/usb-icreativ-50us.png differ