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using something like the 'brownout detector' power controller above. I'm pretty sure I've seen designs (and done this myself), that just puts a little RC on the reset pin. 100ms aughta be enough for anyone! microcontrollers (like those used for board controllers) have a much simpler power and clock structure than big cpus...and many of them are built to just come up on their own.


> and many of them are built to just come up on their own.

I'm not quite sure of this, how do these controllers 'come up on their own' without any reliance on anything else?


I just was looking at https://www.pjrc.com/store/ic_mkl02_t4.html

maybe this will give you some context, its about a small controller booting a larger SOC ARM part


Thanks for the link!


internal flash for boot, internal power control, internal clock


It sounds a bit recursive, wouldn't the internal boot process need the same sort of procedure?




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