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    <p>The ferrites are nice to have - particularly if you're near a
      61,000 watt FM radio station.</p>
    <p>- Oren<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/26/24 5:49 PM, grant
      musictechnologiesgroup.com wrote:<br>
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      <div>The latest MIDI electrical spec CA33 shows "optional ferrite
        beads to  improve EMI/EMC <span>performance (FBx </span><span>1K
          @100MHz)"as well as "optional small  </span>capacitor (0.1 μF
        typical) to <span>improve RF grounding", along with diagrams.</span></div>
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      <div><span>GB</span></div>
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        <div>------ Original Message ------</div>
        <div>From "Mattias Rickardsson" <<a
            href="mailto:mr@analogue.org" moz-do-not-send="true"
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        <div>To "<a href="mailto:modular@go2.pl" moz-do-not-send="true"
            class="moz-txt-link-freetext">modular@go2.pl</a>" <<a
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        <div>Cc "<a href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org"
            moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a>"
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        <div>Date 6/26/2024 1:57:09 PM</div>
        <div>Subject Re: [sdiy] MIDI cable impedance and MIDI In ESD
          protection?</div>
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          <p dir="ltr">Thanks all for the discussion and advice.<br>
            Also a good idea to peek in commercial schematics, I see
            Kurzweil's 1nF caps now. :-) A bit larger than the 330pF ESD
            caps I was simulating, and a bit smaller than the 3nF of the
            wurst-case MIDI cable in Roman's example - which barely
            passes the MIDI pulses with style.</p>
          <p dir="ltr">/mr</p>
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            <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Den ons 26 juni 2024
              17:21Roman Sowa via Synth-diy <<a
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                moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a>>
              skrev:<br>
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              yes, before the resistor, otherwise it made no sense - LED
              or resistor <br>
              would go poof before TVS start to conduct<br>
              <br>
              Roman<br>
              <br>
              W dniu 2024-06-26 o 17:00, Ingo Debus via Synth-diy pisze:<br>
              > <br>
              > <br>
              >> Am 26.06.2024 um 15:51 schrieb Roman Sowa via
              Synth-diy <br>
              >> <<a href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org"
                rel="noreferrer" moz-do-not-send="true"
                class="moz-txt-link-freetext">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a>
              <mailto:<a href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org"
                rel="noreferrer" moz-do-not-send="true"
                class="moz-txt-link-freetext">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a>>>:<br>
              >><br>
              >> Maybe better to use TVS across the LED<br>
              > <br>
              > Hmm, usually there’s already a standard silicon diode
              (1N914 etc) <br>
              > anti-parallel to the LED, for reverse-voltage
              protection. Would an <br>
              > additional TVS do any good here? The LED or the
              silicon diode would <br>
              > conduct at a much lower voltage than the TVS.<br>
              > If there’s a really nasty spike, the
              220-ohms-resistor would have to <br>
              > absorb most of its energy, no matter which of the
              diodes/TVS conduct. Or <br>
              > do you mean to connect the TVS _before_ that
              resistor?<br>
              > <br>
              > Ingo (remembering endless discussions with colleagues
              on the use of TVS <br>
              > diodes and varistors…)<br>
              > <br>
              >
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