BigDumbDinosaur wrote:
Also well-spotted. I only gave the MCP100-315 data sheet a cursory look and must've missed where is says it has a push-pull output (which doesn't output much current).
I found a few MCP100 datasheets online -- all from Microchip -- and they mention the push-pull output quite prominently (including a bullet point in the introductory list of Features and also in the document title itself,
Microcontroller Supervisory Circuit with Push-Pull Output ). So unless you stumbled onto a less forthright datasheet from another manufacturer, I'm guessing you need to dial up the magnification on your PDF reader! Aren't you the one who's fond of saying, "The datasheet is your friend"?
And did that detail about the AHCT part being 5 volt escape notice, too? Be that as it may, I wouldn't consider the MCP100's 3 mA output current even remotely insufficient for GamerFox's application.
BigDumbDinosaur wrote:
The MCP100 could be used with a push button if the push button is inserted in series with VCC and reset is pulled up as shown in his revised schematic.
Since the intent is to interrupt VCC, it's clear you mean a normally-
closed pushbutton. So far so good, but unfortunately the pullup shown in the revised schematic might very possibly supply enough current to prevent /RESET from dropping to a valid logic low when the button is pushed.
A better suggestion for the MCP100 is one plasmo recently
posted. The MCP100's VCC terminal would connect to the supply through a 1K or so current limiting resistor, and a normally-open pushbutton would, when pressed, shunt the VCC terminal to ground. Shown below are a pair of schematic excerpts altered to illustrate the two approaches. Instead of actually adding a 1K resistor, I "borrowed" a few of the unused 3.3Ks in the array.
-- Jeff
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