Timeline for Raspberry Pi 2 - power circuit
Current License: CC BY-SA 3.0
4 events
| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 2016 at 19:29 | comment | added | MilkeyMouse | @Paul Though your capacitor would probably be sufficient, it would probably add quite a bit of protection, actually. The linear regulator could work on its own, in fact, but those kinds of regulators get really hot and inefficient when regulating a lot of current down from a higher voltage. Using the UBEC to do the heavy lifting and putting the linear regulator after gives you the best of both worlds. | |
| Feb 25, 2016 at 18:59 | comment | added | aaa | That's an interesting idea! It does not add any protection, only smoothing? I do have a big capacitor on the power supply, but guess I could just test it out actually. | |
| Feb 25, 2016 at 18:58 | review | First posts | |||
| Feb 25, 2016 at 21:36 | |||||
| Feb 25, 2016 at 18:54 | history | answered | MilkeyMouse | CC BY-SA 3.0 |