Sophi KravitzI designed an intermediary board to test out a new buck-boost voltage regulator, new motor driver, and a tag connect cable. For those of you in the ESPxxx forum, this is v2 intermediary board with EN tied to VBATT.
Here's the schematic, and the layout.
I intend to run the board with a single cell Lithium battery no less than 3.6V.
For testing, I am using a benchtop power supply (adjustable V, 3A) or a wallwart (5V, 1.6A).
The new voltage regulator, ADP2504, can provide a current output (see diagram on page 6) of over 800mA at VIN 3.6V. The inductor is rated for 700mA. Capacitors are X5R type.
Screenshot of ADP2504 schematic::
So far, I have populated the board with the ADP and the ESP-12S.
These two weird things are happening:
With power input from benchtop > 4.6V, ESP is able to program and hold the program. Under 4.6V, it is iffy, meaning that the program does not run all the time. Same (expected) results with wallwart at 5V.
Current draw after ESP reset is less than 60mA, but sometimes (often at lower voltage) the current draw jumps up to as much as 210mA.
Does anyone have an idea why this could be happening?
UPDATE: benchtop power supply is wonky and gives inconsistent readings, shuts off randomly, and probably puts out inconsistent power. My best guess is that its constant current output is stuck on something not desirable. I've had it for over 8 years, so....
To add to the gotchas:
- New Macbook Pro is incompatible with anything FTDI (seriously WTF)
- Fluke 16 measures a full 0.1V higher than the benchtop - no clue what is accurate now.
- 3VDC wall wart with indecipherable 2008 cell phone end now chopped off puts out something definitely not 3V!
- Brand new air gun is making a horrible death rattle.
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The ESP8266 can source 12mA on each GPIO pin. Maximum Drive Capability spec page 15.
Grabbed this from the forums:
12mA per pin source
20mA per pin sink
Total: 12mA x 16 GPIO
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@jlbrian7 Agreed! I need to open up the nozzle and see exactly what is making the awful noise. Could just be a loose nut on the fan...
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ADP2504ACPZ-3.3-R7CT-ND is buck boost. ESP-12S is Wifi module. I have an oscilloscope :) See update, my benchtop power supply + probably some mechanical/ heat issues soldering the QFN over and over. All working now though.
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What's the exact part number of the chip you're using?
Do you have access to an oscilloscope?
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