Re: Adding Short Circuit Protection



thehon1985@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
I have a circuit board that provides 5 VDC power to some sensors,
reads the analog outputs of the sensors and converts that to an RS-232
signal. The problem is that I did not design in any type of short
circuit on the power supply output of my board. Anyone have a
suggestion to add short circuit protection to the existing board
already made? I'm adding the protection to my new boards, I am
concerned about the ones I already have in stock.

When you figure how to add ss protection to the new boards, put that subcircuit on a daughter board and screw it onto the ones in stock.


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