Hello Guys,

As per shown in below circuit my LDO is enabled by switch event for the 1st time. Once 3V3 makes microcontroller wakes up and it takes control of EN pin so 3V3 always appear at outputs.

So the problem here is if switch is pressed unintentionally and being pressed for longer duration so it will drain the battery because always remain in ON condition.

Could anyone suggest any idea to rectify this problem ?



Thanks in Advance !

Regards,

 

hi mishra,
Your circuit shows a momentary push button, what is the drain on the battery via the p/b and the enable pin.? must be quite low.?
Use a timer in the MCU to switch Off the Enable pin after a preset time.
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.... or you could use the switch to apply an enable pulse via a series capacitor.

 

hi mishra,
Your circuit shows a momentary push button, what is the drain on the battery via the p/b and the enable pin.? must be quite low.?
Use a timer in the MCU to switch Off the Enable pin after a preset time.
E

hi mishra,
Your circuit shows a momentary push button, what is the drain on the battery via the p/b and the enable pin.? must be quite low.?
Use a timer in the MCU to switch Off the Enable pin after a preset time.
E

Thanks for reply !
3V3 is having some load e.g. microcontroller.
if EN is high 3V3 at out pin.

Still i did not understand your suggestion !

Momentary press will give high to EN pin and 3V3 at out pin. microcontroller wakes up and the now EN will driven high as long as microcontroller wants.

Now now you are saying microcontroller pull low to EN pin so that 3V3 become 0V. In this case microcontroller will be off after pulling EN pin low.

Since switch is pressed continuously again microcontroller wakes up and so ?

Could you please elaborate a bit more ?

Thanks

 

.... or you could use the switch to apply an enable pulse via a series capacitor.

What is use of series capacitor with switch ?
Does this series capacitor will full fill the requirement if switch is falsely pressed.

May be these are silly question but i wanted to understand.

Regards,

 

hi m,
You said.
So the problem here is if switch is pressed unintentionally and being pressed for longer duration so it will drain the battery because always remain in ON condition.

Pressing the p/b will only pass a small current into the LDO Enable pin , so someone pressing the button for a long time would not drain the battery.

Do you want the LDO to stay On until the MCU switches it Off.??

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hi m,
You said.
So the problem here is if switch is pressed unintentionally and being pressed for longer duration so it will drain the battery because always remain in ON condition.

Pressing the p/b will only pass a small current into the LDO Enable pin , so someone pressing the button for a long time would not drain the battery.

Do you want the LDO to stay On until the MCU switches it Off.??

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Thanks for your quick reply !

I do not want LDO to stay ON until MCU switches it OFF.

Pressing the p/b will only pass a small current into the LDO Enable pin , so someone pressing the button for a long time would not drain the battery.
So in this case there will always a voltage at LDO Vout : am i correct ? and MCU will stay off
Since no wakeup event MCU will remain in sleep ?

blue bypass line in SW(p/b) indicates SW(p/b) is shorted if some how it is triggered false. This is not actual condition. This is false condition.

 

Thanks for your quick reply !

I do not want LDO to stay ON until MCU switches it OFF.

Pressing the p/b will only pass a small current into the LDO Enable pin , so someone pressing the button for a long time would not drain the battery.
So in this case there will always a voltage at LDO Vout : am i correct ? and MCU will stay off
Since no wakeup event MCU will remain in sleep ?

blue bypass line in SW(p/b) indicates SW(p/b) is shorted if some how it is triggered false. This is not actual condition. This is false condition.
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My understanding says once MCU pull DO pin to GND the LDO will switch off and MCU will switch off and once MCU leave the control of EN pin LDO will wakeup again since EN pin see again High Voltage.

Could you please confirm my perception if i am correct ?
As long as LDO see voltage at EN pin it will remain ON.

Regards,

 

my understanding says once MCU pull DO pin to GND the LDO will switch off and MCU will switch off

That is correct

and once MCU leave the control of EN pin LDO will wakeup again since EN pin see again High Voltage.

Not correct.
If there is no voltage to the MCU then the Enable pin will stay low until the button is pressed and the LDO is reactivated.
What is the part number of the LDO?
Some additional components may be required depending on the LDO as shown below including a manual OFF switch.

 

hi mishra,
Do you have the d/s for the LDO or a link you could post, so that we can check the specification.?
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hi mishra,
Do you have the d/s for the LDO or a link you could post, so that we can check the specification.?
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Hi,
Here is the link for datasheet !
https://www.ti.com/store/ti/en/p/product/?p=TLV74133PDBVR

Regards,

 

hi mishra,
This clip shows the point I was making about the Enable input current.
Added the full datasheet.
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hi mishra,
This clip shows the point I was making about the Enable input current.
Added the full datasheet.
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Hi,
Thanks for reply !
That means EN pin will draw only 0.01 uA once MCU switches OFF or disable the LDO even if EN pin see 4.2V. So there should not be any issue.

I think i have understood the above point.

Still having one doubts, Once MCU switches OFF or disable the LDO, will LDO wakeup again since EN pin will have again battery voltage.

 

hi m,
Look at this link which explains some problems regarding pin power.
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https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/394396/gpio-state-of-mcu-avr-with-no-supply-voltage

 

hi mishra,
Look at this option.

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will LDO wakeup again since EN pin will have again battery voltage.

Only if you push the switch again and if you do accidentally add an OFF switch as in post #9.

 

hi mishra,
Look at this option.

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Hi E
Sorry for a bit late reply !
Thanks for beautiful circuit.
Since we have tactile switch and once the switch is pressed LDO will make supply momentarily and it goes off. Since it does not have control with microcontroller.

And the second point is if the switched is pressed accidently for longer duration how LDO will switch off the supply

Regards,

 

And the second point is if the switched is pressed accidently for longer duration how LDO will switch off the supply

See post # 9

 

hi mishra
Ref that circuit.
The user presses and holds the switch until the MCU powers Up and applies a 5v signal to GP0, then he releases the push switch.
The C1 value can be selected to hold the Enb high long enough to ensure power up.

To power down the MCU pulls GP0 low, which disable the TLV.

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hi mishra
Ref that circuit.
The user presses and holds the switch until the MCU powers Up and applies a 5v signal to GP0, then he releases the push switch.
The C1 value can be selected to hold the Enb high long enough to ensure power up.

To power down the MCU pulls GP0 low, which disable the TLV.

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Hi E,

Thank you very much for your reply !
Now i am more interested and have more questions -

1. C1 value should high enough unless and until MCU wakes up and give signal to GP0 pin. Now GP0 pin holds control of LDO EN pin. So this is for me and i understand.

2. Lets come to the second topic if the SW is accidently pressed for longer duration. How the MCU disable the LDO because LDO will always see divider voltage at its EN pin ?

I hope you will understand my concern.

Will MCU be able to switch off the LDO power supply if it see the SW is pressed for longer duration ?

I will ask more question once you reply this.

Regards,