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Robust digital output protection

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I am working on a digital output concept that I would like to have the following characteristics:

  • Output voltage swing: 0 to 5V
  • Controllable by the uC from 3.3V power supply
  • I would like to be able to switch the output at <100Hz
  • I would like output to be current limited to a certain current threshold (assume <200mA)
  • I want output resistance from it to be "low" (ie. don't want adding additional resistance in series to limit the current)
  • bonus, it would be nice that the output wouldn't budge (get damaged) when stressed a bit with either ESD event of 8kV or +-12V wrong wiring connection (there is another 12V and -12V rail on the unit). Unit doesn't need to function properly in this case, it just can't get damaged.

I currently have something like: schematic view

In this case V1, powering the digital output, would be current limited through current limit switch set up to 200mA. R2 simulates the ~100mA load.

How would concept for my idea look like?

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Schematic too small to read (1 comment)
Schematic too small to read
Olin Lathrop‭ wrote 2 days ago

Post a schematic that we can actually read. One solution is to loose the simulator text. It's just irrelevant gobbledygook, and causes the schematic to be shown very small when fit to the maximum post width here.

That really should have been obvious.