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   David Higton to bp@www.zefox.net   
   Re: Backup power supply   
   16 Mar 24 20:32:37   
   
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   > bp@www.zefox.net wrote:   
   > > side, you could put it all downstream of the Pi power supply and skip   
   > > line detection entirely. That's a big advantage.   
   > >   
   > On second thought, this is probably wrong. If one connects to a Pi a 5 volt   
   > supply in parallel with a blocking diode and a 6 volt battery, the diode is   
   > still forward biased  and will drain the battery eventually. Some kind of   
   > switch is needed, controlled by line detection.   
   >   
   > Maybe a three terminal regulator set for 5 volts out powered by a 9 (or   
   > higher) volt battery pack could be substituted.  Still, one has to consider   
   > the idle draw of the regulator. TI's LM340 takes 6 mA roughly. Still,   
   > that's a smallish supply for a Pi. You'll likely want something larger.   
      
   It is possible to switch between mains and backup using MOSFETs, so you   
   can get the voltage drop of the switching device arbitrarily low, and a   
   switchover time of a microsecond or so - it doesn't need to be quite   
   that quick, but it probably wants to be quicker than a mechanical relay.   
   /If/ you want the negative line to be common, and the switch to be in   
   the positive line, you need to use P-channel MOSFETS.  And remember the   
   presence and direction of the body diode, so you'll want to connect   
   source and drain the opposite way round from what you might imagine.   
      
   You'll need a reliable detector of the presence of mains, and probably   
   also that the output is high enough before you swap back to mains.   
      
   Most people are accustomed to working with N-channel devices and not   
   thinking about the body diode, so you might find the mental gymnastics   
   very hard, but it can be done!   
      
   The prize is that normal running will definitely be from mains, even   
   if the output voltage of the mains supply is slightly lower than that   
   of the backup regulator.   
      
   David   
      
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