Re: Internal 1-Wire bus question

Bryan Armstrong <bryan.armstrong-6tN4nzCoH/[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.hardware.microcontrollers.tini
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Pavel Parkhomenko wrote:
> I have a question about DSTINI1 schematics. I have searched archives,
> but didn't find an answer. So, the question is: why DS2433 (U9)
> is connected to non-buffered internal 1-Wire bus (INTOW), while DS2502 (U11) is
> connected to buffered one (INTOWB)? Maybe the role of 2N7002 (Q4)
> on INTOW is not to buffer this signal, but do to something else?

The FET isolates the internal bus so that when the module is powered 
down, an external 1-Wire host can program the DS2502 (which requires 12V 
programming voltage) without frying the CPU through the port pin.


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