My MP3 player runs on a single AAA. Do you think the voltage is being stepped up with a switcher or are there low voltage micro controllers that will run from 1 - 1.2V?
Regards, James
Powering a micro from a single AAA
Feb 01, 2007
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Stepped up with a switcher, probably as part of an ASIC.
Best regards, Spehro Pefhany
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It probably uses on of these (or one of dozens like it from Maxim, TI, National, etc.):
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Tom P.
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