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-.. _errata:
-
-========
- Errata
-========
-
-This page is a collection of known issues and warnings for each
-revision of the Maple board. The failure modes aren't design errors,
-but are easy ways to break or damage your board permanently. For a
-list of differences between the Maple and Arduinos, see the
-:ref:`compatibility reference <compatibility>`.
-
-The errata are grouped by Maple version ("Rev"). Rev 5 is currently
-on sale. If you are unsure which version you own, the :ref:`Maple
-hardware page <maple-hardware-identify-rev>` has pictures and
-descriptions of each version.
-
-.. contents:: Contents
- :local:
-
-Maple Rev 5
------------
-
-Known issues:
-
-* **Pin 3 AIN missing**: Pin 3 is capable of analog input, but the
- corresponding "AIN" is missing from its silkscreen.
-
-* **GPIO 39-43 not configured**: this is really more of a software
- "TODO" item. Some of the JTAG header pins are numbered 39-43. These
- STM32 pins are indeed fully functional :ref:`GPIO <gpio>` when a
- :ref:`JTAG <jtag>` device is not connected, but we have not enabled
- them in software and thus they can not be accessed with the regular
- :ref:`lang-pinmode` or :ref:`lang-digitalwrite` functions.
-
-Potential failure modes:
-
-* **High voltage on non-tolerant pins**: not all header pins are 5V
- compatible; so e.g. connecting certain serial devices in the wrong
- way could over-voltage the pins. The :ref:`Pin-Mapping Mega Table
- <pin-mapping-mega-table>` details which pins are 5V-tolerant.
-
-Maple Rev 3
------------
-
-Known issues:
-
-* **Bad/Sticky Buttons**: a number of Rev 3 boards sold in May-June 2010
- have questionable RESET and BUT buttons.
-
- What seems to have happened is that the flux remover we used to
- clean the boards before shipping eroded the plastic internals, which
- resulted in intermittent functionality. All buttons on all shipped
- boards did function in testing, but some may have been unreliable in
- regular use.
-
- If you have this problem, we will be happy to ship you new buttons
- if you think you can re-solder them yourself, or you can ship us
- your board and we will swap out that part.
-
- For reference, the button part number is KMR211GLFS and the flux
- remover we used is "Precision Electronics Cleaner" from RadioShack,
- which is "Safe on most plastics" and contains Dipropylene glycol
- monomethyl ether, hydrotreated heavy naphtha, dipropylene glycol
- methyl ether acetate (really?), and carbon dioxide.
-
-* **Resistors on pins 0 and 1**: these header pins, which are RX/TX on
- USART2 (:ref:`Serial2 <lang-serial>`), have resistors in-line
- between the STM32 and the headers. These resistors increase the
- impedance of the lines for ADC reads and affect the open drain GPIO
- functionality of the pins.
-
- These resistors were accidentally copied over from older Arduino USB
- designs, where they appear to protect the USB-Serial converter from
- TTL voltage on the headers.
-
-* **GPIO 39-43 not configured**: this is really more of a software
- "TODO" item. Some of the JTAG header pins are numbered 39-43. These
- STM32 pins are indeed fully functional :ref:`GPIO <gpio>` when the a
- :ref:`JTAG <jtag>` device is not connected, but we have not enabled
- them in software and thus they can not be accessed with the regular
- :ref:`lang-pinmode` or :ref:`lang-digitalwrite` functions.
-
-* **Silkscreen Errors**: the silkscreen on the bottom indicated PWM
- functionality on pin 25 and listen the external header GND pin as
- number 38 (actually 38 is connected to the BUT button). We manually
- sharpied over both of these mistakes.
-
-* **PWM Marketing Mistake**: We originally sold the Maple advertising
- 22 channels of 16-bit hardware PWM; actually the Maple only has 15.
-
-Potential failure modes:
-
-* **TTL voltage on non-tolerant pins**: not all header pins are 5V
- compatible; connecting certain serial devices in the wrong way could
- over voltage the pins. The :ref:`Pin-Mapping Mega Table
- <pin-mapping-mega-table>` details which pins are 5V-tolerant.
-
-Maple Rev 1
------------
-
-Known issues:
-
-* **ADC noise**: generally very high, in particular when the USB port
- is being used for communications (including keep-alive pings when
- connected to a computer).
-
- This issue was resolved in Rev 3 with a 4-layer design and a
- geometrically isolated ADC V\ :sub:`ref` plane.
-
-* **Resistors on pins 0 and 1**: these header pins, which are RX/TX on
- USART2 (:ref:`Serial2 <lang-serial>`), have resistors in-line
- between the STM32 and the headers. These resistors increase the
- impedance of the lines for ADC reads and affect the open drain GPIO
- functionality of the pins.
-
- These resistors were accidentally copied over from older Arduino USB
- designs, where they appear to protect the USB-Serial converter from
- TTL voltage on the headers.
-
-* **Silkscreen Differences**: the pin numbering scheme on Rev 1 is
- different from Rev 3, and thus Rev 3 software is difficult to use
- with Rev 1 boards. Notably, the analog input bank is labeled A0-A4
- on Rev 1 but 15-20 on Rev 3, and the extra header bank does not have
- a pinout table on the bottom.
-
-* **No BUT Button**: the BUT button, useful for serial bootloading,
- was only added in Rev 3. As a workaround, you can directly short the
- appropriate MCU pin to Vcc; see `this forum posting
- <http://forums.leaflabs.com/topic.php?id=32#post-126>`_.
-
-* **PWM Marketing Mistake**: We originally sold the Maple advertising
- 22 channels of 16-bit hardware PWM; actually the Maple only has 15.
-
-Potential failure modes:
-
-* **TTL voltage on non-tolerant pins**: not all header pins are 5v
- compatible; connecting certain serial devices in the wrong way could
- over voltage the pins. The :ref:`Pin-Mapping Mega Table
- <pin-mapping-mega-table>` details which pins are 5V-tolerant.