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Re: [analogue-sequencer] p3 woes: update

2004-04-15 by Paul Maddox (Mail Lists)

Fred,

> When you say you are getting 9.5V 'across' D6 do you mean you are
measuring
> voltage actually across the diode itself, or is one end of your probe at
0V? You should
> only be getting approx 0.7V 'across' D6 if it is forward biased. i.e. if
the anode is more
> positive than the cathode (cathode's the stripey end). Have you checked
that D6 is in
> the right way round? 9.5V across D6 sounds as if it's reversed biased,
which would
> be why there's bugger all getting to the regulator.

gotta go with andy on this, the diode is in backwards.

Paul

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