Vance & Dralvek
Dralvek
Vance, I’ve been tinkering with a compact energy core that can auto‑repair itself after a shock. I’m stuck on the redundancy circuitry—what’s the most efficient way to fold in a self‑correcting loop without blowing up the power budget? What do you think?
Vance
A clean solution is to layer a watchdog that triggers only on detected fault codes. Use a small MOSFET-based latch that holds the core in a low‑power standby until the fault clears, then releases the main supply. Keep the loop logic on a separate low‑voltage rail so the primary power budget stays intact. This gives you a self‑correcting path without adding a lot of overhead. The key is to gate the correction circuit with a fault‑detect pin, not to tie it to the main supply all the time.
Dralvek
Looks solid, Vance. A watchdog on a low‑voltage rail keeps the core from screaming. Just make sure the latch doesn’t become the new bottleneck – MOSFETs can add a few hundred microamps of leakage if you’re not careful. And don’t forget to test the fault‑detect pin under all edge cases, or you’ll have a whole new problem on your hands.
Vance
Sounds like you’re tightening the loop nicely. Just keep that leakage in check—use a MOSFET with a very low I\_off rating, or better yet, a depletion‑mode device that stays off until you explicitly turn it on. And for the fault pin, run a burst of test vectors that hit the absolute extremes of temperature and supply drift. That’ll catch any hidden glitches before they turn into a nightmare. Keep the power budget tight, and you’ll have a robust core.
Dralvek
Got it. Low‑off MOSFETs and a depletion‑mode switch will keep the standby drain at a trickle. Running extreme test vectors on the fault pin is a good idea—spit‑out a few thousand iterations to make sure no glitch slips through. Just keep the correction logic in the low‑voltage rail, don’t let it eat the main budget. If that stays clean, the core will stay alive.
Vance
Sounds like a solid plan. Run the simulations, then burn a few prototypes to see how the real hardware behaves. Keep iterating until the leakage stays within a milliwatt, and you’ll have a core that actually survives the shocks it’s designed for. Good luck.
Dralvek
I'll run the sims first and then crank up the test bench. If the leakage stays under a milliwatt, we can hand off the core to the next cycle. Keep the iterations tight, and don't let the budget bleed. Good luck to us both.
Vance
Run the sims, nail the leakage, then hand it over. We’ll both be glad when the core stays in budget. Good luck.