Quoted from KenLayton:In the Spike system, the cpu board as well as all the node boards take 48 volts input and regulate it down to 5 volts. So you could have a bad node board.
In my opinion a design that takes 48 volts and drops it down to 5 volts is a recipe for disaster. They should have used a separate power supply unit or board to provide 5 volts and leave the 48 volts just for operating coils.
Photo in earlier thread showed burn between pins 1 and 2 -- that is between input voltage and ground of the 48 to 6V input regulator.
Device is rated for operation with voltages up to 55 volts with an absolute max voltage of 60V. I'm guessing these are taking a heck of a jolt at the 48V input.
They did put a bidirectional transient voltage suppressor (TVS) in there which is rated at 51V but has a clamping voltage of 56 to 62V with max clamp voltage of 84V. They may be trying to clamp down on the voltage but they appear to be using too high of a clamp voltage. Combine this with no current limiting between VBBC and VBBA for when the TVS is triggered and you have a recipe for disaster.