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From: davidc@vlsisj.VLSI.COM (David Chapman)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: SRAM Battery backup
Summary: here's a CRC
Keywords: CRC
Message-ID: <15231@vlsisj.VLSI.COM>
Date: 24 May 89 03:58:25 GMT
References: <669@serene.UUCP>
Reply-To: davidc@vlsisj.UUCP (David Chapman)
Organization: VLSI Technology Inc., San Jose, CA
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In article <669@serene.UUCP> gbell@pnet12.cts.com (Greg Bell) writes:
>Yet another question, aimed at David C: if the power monitor chip pro-
>tects the RAM by putting in in low power mode (disabling one of the CS lines),
>will this solve the problem of the rest of the circuit getting power through
>the data lines?  I assume this can only happen through output lines and not
>input lines.  
Yes, the problem is driving through the output lines.  Disabling the RAM
should keep you out of trouble.
 
>(By the way, DavidC, could you send the CRC code you mentioned?  )
Coming up... (sorry it took so long to respond; we had a major network
upgrade last week).  It's all in the next post (those of you who don't
care are hereby warned).

		David Chapman

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