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Re: [Xylo-SDR] Lionheart Block diagram v1.3



I suggest the pull up to the nRESET signal be tied to +3V3 (which +3V3?).
How about a MAX6454 uP supervisor device connected to the +5v rail from the PC 
PSU?
Maxim/Dallas make very good watchdogs.  There are several other vendors, 
so we should try and find an easily obtainable, multiple-sourced part if 
we can.  I have had good luck with the Microchip MCP120 series of late.
For example, the Microchip MCP120T/460I (4.6V) and /450I (4.5V) are each 
48 cents from Digikey, and a drop-in equivalent part is available from 
STM, the STM1001MWX6F, for 77 cents.  I suspect they are similarly 
available Down Undah :-)
One of the problems is that most open-drain output devices have an 
internal pull up and if we are monitoring the 5V supply, we want the 
pull up to go to the 3V3 rail.  Our choices increase with a monitor on 
the 3V3 local supply because we can then tolerate an internal pull up.
Lyle