Re: Clock Card?

[salfter@salfter.dyndns.org (Scott Alfter)]

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In article <K_6dnWT1vaRvu_SiU-KYuQ@comcast.com>,
Bill Garber <willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote:
>"Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in message
>20030917230428.19477.00001294@mb-m20.aol.com">news:20030917230428.19477.00001294@mb-m20.aol.com...
>> (BTW, the 5832 requires at least 2.2 volts to keep time, so
>> there should be two cells on the card...)
>
>There is only a AA holder on the card, but there is a voltage
>boost circuit in place so that is probably correct.

There were also lithium cells that were the same size as a AA, but that put
out 3V instead of 1.5V.  If there's some sort of voltage doubler on the
card, though, then just ignore this. :-) (Seems like a strange design
decision, though...a lithium cell has to be cheaper than the mix of active &
passive parts you'd need to double a DC voltage.)

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