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dNo, a 7805 isn't going to burn up when it is too hot because they shut off when overheating which is what this one was doing. That is very inconvenie nt when working on a circuit. I don't think the user would appreciate it e ither... especially when it is being used on a patient.
I've actually become very demoralized about this project. Not only is it b eing designed not unlike a hobby project (aside from my circuits, lol) it s eems the project lead is getting tired of working on this and now that we a re starting to generate a requirement document, massive corners are being c ut. Yesterday he literally justified not extending the requirements to the board design because it would take too much time.
I've been thinking he was talking about schedule when he talked about time before. But now I realize he is talking about HIS time and others on the p roject. Their commitment is wearing a bit thin I guess.
It's just that I've been pushing for defining clear, unambiguous requiremen ts for a few weeks now and I thought we were going to have that. Yesterday the project lead and the requirements lead are saying it doesn't need to b e rigorous because whoever takes this over to manufacture will have to redo it all anyway.
So the bottom line is with no requirements, that means we are already done!