When the converter input voltage rail (PVIN) ramps up, capacitive coupling through the parasitic gate-to-drain capacitance (C gd) could pull up on the gate of S1 and turn it on. A pulldown resistor on ...

The 'devastated' owner of an XL Bully-style mutt who broke the latch on a gate and escaped before mauling a father and his puppy has apologised for the terrifying attack.