I don't believe it does.Main cause of damage is separately  powered devices
that connect to the processor and are not powered at the same time.

Gerald


On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 7:26 AM, Jason van Belzen <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Thanks for your reply.
>
> How does this issue damage the processor?
>
> Jason
>
> Op woensdag 21 december 2016 14:08:47 UTC+1 schreef Gerald:
>>
>> I have no plans to fix this. If you need battery operation, which the BBB
>> does not really support as it needs 5V for the USB, then you need to modify
>> the board design for your usage.
>>
>> Gerald
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 7:03 AM, Jason van Belzen <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> 3v3 regulator bug:
>>>
>>> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/beagleboard/7sxPePT7wk
>>> M/3vFMPydR20IJ
>>>
>>> The issue is the interconnection of the 3v3a and 3v3b power domains,
>>>> resulting in significant leakage current between them (e.g. via protection
>>>> diodes) whenever one is powered while the other is not. The 3v3b -> 3v3a
>>>> leakage was of course exactly the reason for moving the enable-signal of
>>>> the 3v3b regulator (U4) from 3v3aux (LDO2) to 3v3a. However, while this
>>>> resolved the issue at boot, it did not resolve it at shutdown when running
>>>> on dc power, and made it far worse when running on battery.
>>>>
>>>> The problem is that when the 3v3a supply (LDO4) is disabled, the 3v3b
>>>> regulator remains enabled until 3v3a drops below the threshold voltage of
>>>> the enable-input of U4, which is far below 3.3V (specified to be somewhere
>>>> between 0.4V (at 25 ͏°C) and 2V). As a result, current will start to flow
>>>> from 3v3b to 3v3a, and apparently enough current to keep it logic-high in
>>>> the opinion of the 3v3b-regulator (despite the ~375 ohm discharge resistor
>>>> the PMIC applies when LDO4 is disabled!).
>>>>
>>>> Thus, once turned on, the 3v3b regulator manages to keep itself enabled
>>>> indefinitely as long as it is supplied from SYS_5V. When entering
>>>> off-state, the PMIC automatically connects SYS to battery power rather than
>>>> DC- or USB-supply. If there's no battery, then the capacitors on SYS will
>>>> drain pretty fast hence the 3v3b shutdown is not delayed much. If there's a
>>>> battery, then you're pretty screwed.
>>>>
>>>> It is very important to note that this issue is not merely one of
>>>> battery lifetime; this leakage current may *damage the processor*.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Op woensdag 21 december 2016 13:55:57 UTC+1 schreef Gerald:
>>>>
>>>> And what is the 3.3V bug?
>>>>
>>>> Gerald
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 6:54 AM, Jason van Belzen <[email protected]
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> We are planning to build an IoT gateway based on a Beagle Bone Black.
>>>>> Till now we were experimenting with the Beagle Bone Black Rev C.
>>>>> Since we need to protect the filesystem, we want to use a battery so
>>>>> we can detect a power failure and nicely shutdown the system.
>>>>>
>>>>> Unfortunaletly we encountered a problem.
>>>>> After shutting down the system with a battery connected, the 3v3
>>>>> regulator bug is triggered.
>>>>> The BeagleBone Black is a good board for our purpose, so we really
>>>>> want to use this board.
>>>>>
>>>>> A few questions come up in our minds.
>>>>> 1. How bad is this bug? Is it really gonna damage the processor?
>>>>> 2. Are there any other solutions than patching to an unified 3v3 rail?
>>>>> 3. Are there any next revisions planned for the BeagleBone Black? And
>>>>> if they are planned, will this bug be fixed in the next revision?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards Jason
>>>>>
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