Power Electronics — question 6 of 10
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The board works fine once actually running; the failure happens only at the instant of power-up.
You connect a board with about 2mF of total bulk capacitance to a bench supply. The moment you flip the supply on, its overcurrent protection trips, even though the board's steady-state current draw is well within the supply's rated current. Walk through what's happening and how you'd fix it, considering changes on both the supply side and the board side.