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What is an Error Flag?

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What is an Error Flag?

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An Error Flag is an open-collector output that provides a signal when the regulated output voltage drops more than 5% (typically) from the nominal output voltage. On start up, the Error Flag is low until the output voltage reaches 95% of the nominal output voltage. In some cases, a delay is added to the Error Flag”s power-OK transition. This delay is set by an external capacitor, and can be used as a Power-On-Reset function to reset a microprocessor on power-up. If there is a bar shown over the term “Error”, a low output voltage condition causes the open collector output to be high (flag transistor OFF). When the output voltage is within 5% of nominal, this Flag output is low.

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