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EVMWARNINGSANDRESTRICTIONS
ItisimportanttooperatethisEVMwithintheinputvoltagerangeof0Vto4V.
Exceedingthespecifiedinputrangemaycauseunexpectedoperationand/orirreversibledamage
totheEVM.Iftherearequestionsconcerningtheinputrange,pleasecontactaTIfield
representativepriortoconnectingtheinputpower.
Applyingloadsoutsideofthespecifiedoutputrangemayresultinunintendedoperationand/or
possiblepermanentdamagetotheEVM.PleaseconsulttheEVMUser'sGuidepriorto
connectinganyloadtotheEVMoutput.Ifthereisuncertaintyastotheloadspecification,please
contactaTIfieldrepresentative.
Duringnormaloperation,somecircuitcomponentsmayhavecasetemperaturesgreaterthan
100°C.TheEVMisdesignedtooperateproperlywithcertaincomponentsabove100°Caslong
astheinputandoutputrangesaremaintained.Thesecomponentsincludebutarenotlimitedto
linearregulators,switchingtransistors,passtransistors,andcurrentsenseresistors.Thesetypes
ofdevicescanbeidentifiedusingtheEVMschematiclocatedintheEVMUser'sGuide.When
placingmeasurementprobesnearthesedevicesduringoperation,pleasebeawarethatthese
devicesmaybeverywarmtothetouch.
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TPS65020EVM-110User'sGuide 12SLVU138–August2005