Over voltage protection.

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BALA0723

Joined May 26, 2023
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Hi to all. i am faced over voltage issue on my controller board. how to avoid over voltage protection in controller GPIO, ADC???
 

Ian0

Joined Aug 7, 2020
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Hi to all. i am faced over voltage issue on my controller board. how to avoid over voltage protection in controller GPIO, ADC???
Apologies for being a language pedant, but do you wish to implement over-voltage protection, or do you wish to avoid doing so?
 

MisterBill2

Joined Jan 23, 2018
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A classic means of over voltage protection on GPIO lines is a diode clamp circuit. But if the over-voltage includes mains power it becomes more elaborate.
 

crutschow

Joined Mar 14, 2008
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A series resistor (e.g. 10kΩ) to limit the current with two Schottky diodes at the input, one to V+ (cathode) and one to ground (anode) is one common way to protect against plus and minus over-voltages.
 

MisterBill2

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A series resistor (e.g. 10kΩ) to limit the current with two Schottky diodes at the input, one to V+ (cathode) and one to ground (anode) is one common way to protect against plus and minus over-voltages.
The same circuit, but with regular diodes and a 1000 ohm resistor is what I have used in the past and it worked very well.
 

MisterBill2

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The input buffer I used was quite durable. And all of our systems with I/O had input buffers.
I think it was first, a 74C00.
 
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MisterBill2

Joined Jan 23, 2018
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What sort of "overvoltage"??
Overvoltage could be 5 volts o a 3.3 volt input, or or 120 volts AC. The best protection schemes are a bit different. Or it might even be on an output side. With more details we can provide a useful solution, rather than random guesses.
 
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