The power bank is rated for 5 V, 1 amp. I am going to check with a scope tomorrow..
thanks a On Thursday, March 13, 2014 8:33:42 PM UTC+5:30, Gerald wrote: > > Yes it does sound vague. I would hook a scope to the power and see what it > does in the reset scenario. What is your current capacity of your power > source? > > If the power pin is held down too long, it will result in a power cycle > and not a shutdown. > > Gerald > > > On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 9:57 AM, <[email protected] <javascript:>>wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I have noticed that the beaglebone black starts up after a shutdown. >> >> I have a C++ program running in the bbb, the bbb is backed by an external >> +5V battery pack. When the C++ program issues the following command to >> start the shutdown procedure of the bbb. >> >> system("shutdown -h now"); >>> >>> exit(0); >>> >>> >> This does shutdown the bbb completely sometimes, most times the bbb >> starts up again, the power led turns off but then after a second or two >> lights up again and then bbb starts up all over again (the output voltage >> from the power bank does not switch OFF, it remains ON for some time). >> >> In my previous bbb systems I have not faced this problem. >> >> It is my belief that the output voltage from the power bank has a sudden >> dip, this causes the bbb to detect a new power cycle. >> >> I am not sure though if I am correct... >> >> Could anyone enlighten me on this problem ??? >> >> I am sorry if the above problem sounds vague... >> >> thanks >> a >> >> -- >> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "BeagleBoard" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
