Re: Voltage sensing diode
You're right, I didn't see that. With the NanoVNA off, there shouldn't be a voltage supplying the IC, resulting in 4V on the Vbat terminal. Looks like a problem (defect?) in the IC or circuit. Maybe
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Raymond Domp Frank
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Re: Voltage sensing diode
Rich, Vdd is NOT what the 5303 is putting out - that is 5V Vdd? IS? the output of the LDO XC6206P332MR? 3V regulator. Check the attached schematic.
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Larry Rothman
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Re: Voltage sensing diode
Not re. what the voltages or the circuit *should* be. That should never happen; it's a problem in your IC or circuit. Vbat should *never* source a current. Raymond
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Raymond Domp Frank
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Re: Voltage sensing diode
You mean this? I don't think you saw it earlier ... With unit OFF (USB NOT plugged in) Actual V at battery terminals = 4.13 V Actual voltage at cathode of diode = 4.14V
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Mike_nano
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Re: IP3 measurement
Under very carefully controlled circumstances you can use the nanoVNA as a poor mans spectrum analyzer /g/nanovna-users/topic/34079496#3464 Or better said, as a tunable power meter as
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Erik Kaashoek
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Re: Voltage sensing diode
I don't deny any measured facts. I know what the circuit is - or is supposed to be. I *don't* know what your NanoVNA behaves like, apart from what you describe. Either the diode is leaky (which to me
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Raymond Domp Frank
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Re: Using a larger battery
Hi Barry, You will have no issues using that battery as long as you keep the original protection PCB (the small board inside the battery). Look at some of my posts - I use a cellphone battery as-is.?
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Larry Rothman
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Re: Voltage sensing diode
Nope ... just checked it with the battery pulled - it has 0.243 V drop. So do the other diodes I purchased that are unused. No, there is a misunderstanding of the voltages in the IC or the circuit
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Mike_nano
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Re: Voltage sensing diode
Hi Mike I get where you are coming from...but it's the drop /across/ the diode that is important. It's not what the batt has, or what VDD is, it is what VBAT sees. The USB and the batt both feed the
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Rich NE1EE
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Re: Voltage sensing diode
My Schottky diode wasn't one of those. Schottky diodes tend to (forward) leak a bit more than regular good PN Si diodes. I replaced the Schottky with a regular PN Si diode and now my voltage
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Raymond Domp Frank
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Re: Voltage sensing diode
No misunderstanding of functionality. Your diode is leaky I guess. I'm not sure about the current (through the diode) into the Vbat connection (going to measure that one of these days) but in my case,
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Raymond Domp Frank
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Re: Using a larger battery
I don't know this but I was once warned about attaching a large external battery to a UPS box - you might overheat the charging circuit on the board - because it was only designed to maintain a
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David KD4E <dcolburn@...>
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Re: Voltage sensing diode
It is NOT achieved though ... that's my point - it doesn't do that. It isn't preventing the 4V Max rating from being reached with the other components in the unit such as the actual battery supplied.
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Mike_nano
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Re: Measuring swr
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You'd be surprised how many under warrenty Tracfone smartphones are still at version 4.4 :) My
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hwalker
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Using a larger battery
Hi folks, I just happen to have a spare 3.7v 2Ah battery from a new Baofeng 888 hand-held which has been stripped down for use in an Allstar micronode. I can't think of a reason why this should not be
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Barry Jackson
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Re: Voltage sensing diode
It's not an error. The diode is just there to prevent Vbat from ever exceeding the IC's absolute maximum rating of 4V. With either a Schottky or traditional Si diode, that is achieved, because the
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Raymond Domp Frank
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Re: Newbie
Yup - about 600mAH? I raised the rear cover using an extra 2mm using a small hex nut under each (longer) screw and it works great. I'll have to see how long it runs on one charge. The only issue I
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Larry Rothman
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Re: Voltage sensing diode
I have all instruments and tools to exactly measure the voltage behavior of my NanoVNA. I'll try and find the time one of these days. Raymond
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Raymond Domp Frank
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Re: Measuring swr
I don't think users running android 6 or less have to worry about warranty at this point.
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Larry Rothman
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Re: NanoVNA questions
Hi Vaclav, (or is it Sal?) Welcome to the forum.? The wiki and files sections of this forum are evolving carefully in order to provide members with specific device and theory related information. I
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Larry Rothman
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