I stumbled upon this topic randomly but I'm a bit confused by this answer. The REGULATORS section of the product specification states that without an external inductor the device will stay in LDO mode. Is this mode of operation not stable for long term use?
The device has not been designed to operate in LDO only mode. It is possible for the device to run in an LDO only mode, however compared with the nRF52 Series the power consumption in LDO only mode is very bad.
sasodoma said:
Is this mode of operation not stable for long term use?
This mode is not intended for normal or long-term use.
Thank you for the confirmation. I personally wasn't planning on using it in LDO mode but I do think that this info is quite important and should be stated more clearly in the product specification. Perhaps where it says
If an inductor is not detected, the device remains in LDO mode.
There should be a warning about the current consumption.
Thank you for the confirmation. I personally wasn't planning on using it in LDO mode but I do think that this info is quite important and should be stated more clearly in the product specification. Perhaps where it says
If an inductor is not detected, the device remains in LDO mode.
There should be a warning about the current consumption.
