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really, i don't get why this diode is there. Was wondering if it's to protect the usb from higher voltages on the dc in but in this diagram you can see that's not the case. It just seems to be a rectifying diode on a dc input
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i'm prob just too dumb to figure out what it's supposed to do
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@snacks didn’t actually look at the diagram lol
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@mia ohhhhhhh. It shipped with a 9v battery adapter. Maybe it's supposed to protect against idiots jamming the battery against the terminals the wrong way around
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@snacks oh that seems likely
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@snacks no protection rune for the USB tho…
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@mia someone is paranoid about bad usb implementations
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@snacks USB power is noisier than a ham radio, you have no idea how much ESD is going on there
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@snacks if you have an ungrounded ethernet switch connecting two systems across the room, bringing the USB connector close to the computer chassis can already cause arcing
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@mia ok, but against noise you usually get filtering, not clamping and reverse current protection^4
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@mia nvm, can't really filter a data line akkoderp
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@mia but, that thing really looks like an optocoupler could do its job better?
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