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Power LED does not light up on some boards #2

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wolframalexa opened this issue Aug 6, 2021 · 1 comment
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Power LED does not light up on some boards #2

wolframalexa opened this issue Aug 6, 2021 · 1 comment
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Problem
On some boards, the power LED D6 does not light, even though the board completes its power-on sequence and has booted normally.

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A00, no modifications

Observed Behavior

  • The LED is the correct direction
  • The board completes its power on sequence and the software functions as expected
  • GPIO04 remains LOW at 0.6V, even though it should be driven HIGH upon power-up
  • There is no measured voltage drop across R32
  • There is an insufficient voltage drop across D6

Root Cause Theory
The gate threshold voltage varies depending on the individual transistor. It could be that this transistor has a higher V_GS and does not turn on when GPIO04 is at 0.6V. Additionally, the transistor Q7 could be misaligned.

Suggested Next Steps

  • Investigate behavior of GPIO04, which should be HIGH upon power-on. Remove R31 to ensure no loading effects from transistor.
  • Change all transistors DMN26D0UFB4-7 to the DMN26D0UT-7, which is in a larger SOT-523 package, to avoid misalignments.
@wolframalexa wolframalexa added the bug Something isn't working label Aug 6, 2021
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wolframalexa commented Aug 9, 2021

Added external 10k pullup R89 to 1v8 between R31 and gate of Q7. Also switching transistor footprint.

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