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aargee Senior Member Joined: 21/08/2008 Location: AustraliaPosts: 255
Posted: 11:17am 13 Jul 2011
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Odd question, when the SD Card is inserted live, should the Maximite reset?For crying out loud, all I wanted to do was flash this blasted LED.
stuarts Senior Member Joined: 15/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 199
Posted: 11:39am 13 Jul 2011
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I understand that its not supported to swap it live, but it works on mine
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seco61 Senior Member Joined: 15/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 205
Posted: 11:48am 13 Jul 2011
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My understanding is this should work OK (and does on my PCBs - but I have added extra decoupling...).
However, depending on your decoupling caps, the "power spike" that occurs when the card is inserted and initially powers up could reset the PIC.
Add some extra decoupling around the SD card socket to smooth the power rail and see if that helps (again, LOW ESR caps are the way to go!).
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Gerard (vk3cg/vk3grs)
VK6MRG Guru Joined: 08/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 347
Posted: 12:12pm 13 Jul 2011
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I used to swap my SD card from the Maximite to the PC all the time with it running programs to edit the Basic software I was writing with no problems!
Now I just use HyperTerminal and cut and paste with note pad. Its easier to ask forgiveness than to seek permission!