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F-Stop enlarging timer and print exposure meter
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Rework main board power input and voltage regulation #67

Closed dkonigsberg closed 2 months ago

dkonigsberg commented 3 months ago

The main board receives +12VDC from the power board, from which it then needs to provide both 3.3V and 5V rails for various purposes. The on-board components typically run off 3.3V, while the front ports (including USB) require 5V to operate.

The current design brings power into a pair of RT8258 buck regulator circuits, from which both rails are generated.

The proposed change is to do the following:

The motivation behind these changes is similar to the motivation behind #56, #60, and #65, which is to generally improve the power subsystem in the device. Actual cost is unlikely to change much, and there may be a slight reduction in component count.

dkonigsberg commented 2 months ago

Changes implemented on the Rev E hardware.