CircuitProtection, Tips, and Troubleshooting Spring 2015 ECE 445.
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Transcript of CircuitProtection,Tips, andTroubleshooting Fall 2014 ECE 445.
Becoming a Good Design
Engineer• Understand the problem• Understand the constraints you have• Understand previous approaches
to the problem at hand
• End goal of senior design:– Solve problems you haven’t been faced with
and be innovative
• But first: background knowledge is required
CircuitConnections
• Pay attention to polarity
Longer Lead: Positive
Electrolytic capacitor
Shorter Lead: Negative
BADGOOD
Ratings
• Determine part ratings• All components are rated• Capacitors:
– If the voltage across the capacitor is going to be 50 [V], should you use a capacitor that is rated to 50 [V]?
• Resistors: maximum power dissipation P = i2 * R or P = v2/R
– Example:– P = (5e-3)2 * 1e4– i.e. the power dissipated
without burning it out = 250 mW
From Newark Electronics
Data Sheets• By reading the data
sheet:– Provide pin-layouts– Device ratings– Potential applications
Voltage CurrentLimiting• Fuses: typically allow for
passage of “normal” current• A fuse will “blow”
above its current rating
• Diodes:• Conduct when V>0.7 V
• Best solution: use both diodes and fuses
Fuses
Voltage/CurrentProtection
Examples
Fuses and Diode Combination Current Limiting Resistor
Current across resistor typically = 20 mA
Device Polarity
• The longer length is the (+) terminal
• Capacitor
Polarity: tantalum or electrolytic
(+)(-)
The bar indicates cathode
(+) (-)
(+)• Diode
(+)(-)
No polarity: ceramic or polyester
(-)
http://electrapk.com/zener-diode/http://academic.evergreen.edu/projects/biophysics/technotes/electron/leds.htm/
Reverse PolarityProtection
Below are 2 different configurations to ensure correct voltage polarity to the circuit.
“Diode Bridge”Circuit will operate under either polarity, but will have higher losses
Circuit will not operate with incorrect polarity
Wikipedia
PowerSupplyBypass/ Decoupling
Capacitors• Bypass capacitors• Takes noise to
ground• Rephrased:
basically shunts AC signals to ground
• Typical values range from: 0.1 uF
• Larger size capacitors for higher supply voltages
*Picture http://www.physics.udel.edu/~nowak/phys645/The_bipolar_transistor_files/image013.jpg
Earth Ground vs “Ground”
Earth Ground Floating Ground
• Green terminal is earth ground
• Black terminals are signal grounds
• Know the difference!
Potentiometers
• Variable resistors– Example is a
trimpot with R=10 K Ohms
– From (a) to (c),R1 = 6 K Ohms
– From (b) to (c),R2 = 4 K Ohms (a) R1 = 6k
To Rest of Circuit (c)
(b) R2 = 4k
ResistorCodes
METRIC-TO-AWG CONVERSION TABLE
Metric Size mm2
0.5
0.8
1.0
2.0
3.0
5.0
8.0
13.0
19.0
32.0
52.0
AWGSize
20
18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0Resistor Value Chart
• Reading Surface Mount Resistors• A resistor
marked 332 is3.3 kilo-ohms
• 3K3 is 3.3 kilo-ohms
• Know wire gauges
Wire Gauges
• Wire gauge is a standard for the size of the wire (proportional to current rating)
• Typical wire in lab is 22 AWG (American Wire Gauges) – 52.9 mΩ/meter– 7 A for short wiring– 0.92 A for power
transmissionhttp://www.powerstream.com/Wire_Size.htm
• Breadboard in the lab can only use 22 AWG or smaller, otherwise it will damage the clips
http://www.how-to-wire-it.com/romex-cable.html
DrivingHigh CurrentLoad
• Most microprocessor/TTL can drive <20mA, that is approximately an LED.– Interface microprocessor I/O with a gate.
Let the gate break instead of the microprocessor!
• Methods– Relays
• may wear out and have delays
– Transistor• fast switching but have current limit
– H-bridge• allows forward and reverse current• good for motors
http://www.acroname.com/robotics/info/articles/drivers/drivers.html
Troubleshooting Steps (1/2)
1. Check supply voltage using the multimeter– Is power plugged in? Is any switch off? Is the fuse blown?
Are all the breadboard bus strips connected to VDD/GND?
2. Probe signal at intermediate stages or individual function blocks I/O– Equipment available:
• For digital signals: Logic Analyzer, LEDs• For analog signals: Oscilloscope, Voltmeter, Spectrum
Analyzer
3. Check interconnections– Is anything mis-wired? Are any wires loose? Are any contacts
bad? Is any signal floating?
Troubleshooting Steps (2/2)
4. Double check the design– Check the pin diagram– Check that you have the correct datasheet for the part
number– Re-analyze the logic, go through some calculation– Ensure correct polarity (refer to the next slide)
5. Faulty devices/breadboard (Last resort if all else fails!)– Replace/rewire one part at a time, test after every
change– Isolate the parts under test from the rest of the circuit
References
• http://www.intersil.com/data/an/ an1325.pdf• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diode
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Fuse_(electrical)
• http://www.learnabout-electronics.org/ resistors_07.php
• http://www.rbeelectronics.com/ wtable.htm• Previous ECE 445 Lecture Slides
• Staff of the ECE Electronics Shop,
Dan Mast, Mark Smart, Skot Wiedmann