Connect GND and AGND?

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Heinz Hummel

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Feb 23, 2017, 1:14:09 AM2/23/17
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Hello,


Amazingly they connect AGND and GND with each other. Is this really a good idea?

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John Syne

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Feb 23, 2017, 1:55:47 AM2/23/17
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Well, at some point they are always connected. What you want is for them to connect only at one point and that point should be closest to the power source. Think of a star connection, with the center of the star as the reference ground point. What you don’t what is digital signals flowing through the analog ground and that occurs when you connect AGND to DGND at more than one point. 

Regards,
John

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Heinz Hummel

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Feb 23, 2017, 1:58:54 AM2/23/17
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2017-02-23 7:55 GMT+01:00 John Syne <john...@gmail.com>:

Well, at some point they are always connected. What you want is for them to connect only at one point and that point should be closest to the power source. Think of a star connection, with the center of the star as the reference ground point. What you don’t what is digital signals flowing through the analog ground and that occurs when you connect AGND to DGND at more than one point. 

So when I understand this correctly: in layout of a board they should be connected with each other as close as possible to the BBB/BBG expansion header connector?

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Subject: Re: [beagleboard] Connect GND and AGND?
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On Feb 22, 2017, at 10:14 PM, Heinz
Hummel <heinz.h...@gmail.com>
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Hello,
at https://books.google.de/books?id=Udu6BQAAQBAJ&pg=PA344&lpg=PA344&dq=beaglebone+adc+op+amp&source=bl&ots=CZagSBqMui&sig=cLXCgstuc51TzoBRzMzB81RcJyU&hl=de&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjZ6-LovKTSAhXJXBQKHfktBio4ChDoAQhJMAk#v=onepage&q=beaglebone%20adc%20op%20amp&f=false
a wiring scheme for the analog inputs is described which
protects the BBB/BBG from overvoltage.
Amazingly they connect AGND and GND
with each other. Is this really a good
idea?Well, at some point they
are always connected. What you want is for them to connect
only at one point and that point should be closest to the
power source. Think of a star connection, with the center of
the star as the reference ground point. What you don’t
what is digital signals flowing through the analog ground
and that occurs when you connect AGND to DGND at more than
one point. 
Regards,John

Thanks!




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John Syne

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Feb 23, 2017, 2:33:28 PM2/23/17
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As close as possible to the power source GND. So if you intend to use the barrel connector to power the board, the GND and AGND should connect at the barrel connector GND pin, or if you use the expansion connector to power the board, then connect GND and AGND at a single GND pin on the expansion connector. I does not matter that several GND pins are connected to the GND plane. I hope this helps. 

Regards,
John

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Subject: Re: [beagleboard] Connect GND and AGND?
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Date: Thursday, February 23, 2017, 9:33 PM
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Heinz Hummel

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Feb 24, 2017, 12:59:17 AM2/24/17
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This helps - thanks John!​
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