> tri-state means everything is off, so one transistor can't also be on at the same time.
I'm using tri-state to mean it has three distinct states. The output transistors are not sharing a control wire to make them one on, one off. If that's wrong use, I'm sorry.
The point I'm making is that it's easy to make it so the output transistors don't fight, even if the one that's enabled gets a halfsies voltage, because the other one won't also get a halfsies voltage, it will get a pure digital off.
> Damping dissipates heat, so damping by controlling the output transistor requires a bigger output transistor. Damping the output transistor also changes the electrical characteristics of the pin.
I'm assuming it's already kind of heat resistant because it only sometimes fails when shorted with no limiter at all. And if you damp it enough you won't make much heat. But fine, let's ignore that. You already brought up just turning it off at a certain point. If that's what's needed, so be it, because that won't change the characteristics.
No magic needed to keep the characteristics the same if you're just turning it off the way it normally turns off.
But I still don't understand how a transistor with an input that damps it is supposed to cause voltage spikes in excess of the same transistor with an input that doesn't damp it and always switches with maximum aggression, with only the control logic changing.
At this level, we're creating the concept of a digital state, so we can't use that result to solve problems, it's circular reasoning.
If damping makes heat, how can damping it enough make less heat? Why are you assuming that it's heat resistant if this is the level where you design the amount of heat resistance it has? Who did that work? Nobody, you have to do it yourself.
There is no control logic. It's analog. Logic is digital. Digital doesn't exist until we're done.
Sorry, but I've done all I can. Good luck in your search.
I'm using tri-state to mean it has three distinct states. The output transistors are not sharing a control wire to make them one on, one off. If that's wrong use, I'm sorry.
The point I'm making is that it's easy to make it so the output transistors don't fight, even if the one that's enabled gets a halfsies voltage, because the other one won't also get a halfsies voltage, it will get a pure digital off.
> Damping dissipates heat, so damping by controlling the output transistor requires a bigger output transistor. Damping the output transistor also changes the electrical characteristics of the pin.
I'm assuming it's already kind of heat resistant because it only sometimes fails when shorted with no limiter at all. And if you damp it enough you won't make much heat. But fine, let's ignore that. You already brought up just turning it off at a certain point. If that's what's needed, so be it, because that won't change the characteristics.
No magic needed to keep the characteristics the same if you're just turning it off the way it normally turns off.
But I still don't understand how a transistor with an input that damps it is supposed to cause voltage spikes in excess of the same transistor with an input that doesn't damp it and always switches with maximum aggression, with only the control logic changing.