The methods for powering the Raspberry Pi (typically via its micro-USB connection.)
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Can i use 2.5Amp on Raspberrypi 3B GPIO 5v pins? [duplicate]
I'm thinking of using a 5V and 2.5Amp power supply to power up my Raspberrypi 3 model B over it's GPIO 5V PIN. Is it safe to use 5V 2A IN GPIO PIN?
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How to power Raspberry Pi from a lab power supply via USB?
How can a Raspberry Pi be powered from a lab power supply via USB?
I have a lab power supply that can easily output 5 V/4 A and I would like
to use it to power a Raspberry Pi (version 3B and 3B+).
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Prevent Pi Zero W from turning on after receiving power
My Pi Zero is powered by a small ATX PC power supply that is also powering a few other components: projector, audio amplifier. I'm using the gpio-shutdown device tree overlay to add a power button on ...
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accidently reversed polarity power to Raspberry Pi 3B+
I was trying to make a custom power source to supply power to the micro usb port on the Pi B+ and I reversed the + and - by accident and then smelled something like burned plastic. The SD card doesn'...
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Pi shuts down every day at 11:23 PM
I have a Pi Zero W running Raspbian Stretch Lite (June 2018). I'm using it to turn the crank on an automatic cat feeder. I've barely changed the base configuration: apt-get-installed git and samba, ...
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Overcurrent protection
Are there any over-current protection measures on RPis? Either on GPIO or power supply pins.
Are there differences between versions?
Unfortunately two of my 3b+ boards are dead now because of brief ...
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Powering Motor with Raspberry pi and h-bridge
I am trying to control a 3-6 volt motor with a raspberry pi and h-bridge. I have a separate power source for my pi and my motors.
I have tried a 6v, 9v, and 12v power source. However, the motor ...
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Is it okay to power the Pi Touchscreen by plugging into the Pi?
I have the official raspberry Pi 7 inch touch screen, and I have mounted to it a Pi 2. Lately I have been using it and I have been plugging the power into the Pi itself. I however recently remember ...
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Portable Raspberry for Recalbox
Today is the day where the beta of Recalbox for 3b+ is out.
For the moment, it's working. I want to know how to make my RBerry portable, so that I can play with it everywhere.
I'm new to all that ...
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Powering Raspberry Pi 3 with 5v/3A Buck converter
I am using Raspberry Pi 3 with Raspbian OS. I will be powering my Pi 3 board from a output of 24V battery. So I will be using a 5V/3A buck converter. I will be connecting my GPS, Pi camera and 4G ...
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Monitor Displaying “No Signal” with RetroPie at Powerup
I'm in the process of building a game console using RetroPie and a Raspberry Pi 3. I'm connecting the Pi to a monitor via HDMI, and I'm powering both using a power strip with an on/off switch, to ...
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wifi - WiFi sometimes does not work
When I powered the Raspberry Pi 3B on (I use Gentoo), WiFi was working. After reboot, it stopped working, both ip link list and ifconfig commands do not list it (they do if WiFi is working).
I am ...
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Using Raspberry in Nanosatellite [closed]
I want to use raspberry pi in space projects like cubesats. I worry about effects of space radiation on raspberry.Is this possible to do?or i need to choose another board or something like that?
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safeness of using 18650 + battery casing for raspberry pi
I am planning to use a 18650 battery and a casing like below to run a raspberry pi zero W outside on my watch, but I hear bad stories about lithium ion batteries, like 18650, exploding on a regular ...
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Automatically bring back the Pi while it shutdown
I've experienced several P3B+ automtically shutdown cases, by skiping the analysis of the root cause, I wonder what is the solution to automatically bring back the Pi again while it shutdown, I mean ...
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underVolt shows but DC meter +5
volt and current measurement dongle from power supply shows 5.00 volts within 4% and current is less than 500 ma but lightning bolt showa undervoltage. WHY?
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Powering a number of Pi from a single bench top power supply [closed]
I'm thinking of investigating the Bitscope Blade QUATTRO to host up to forty boards. Looking at the details each Blade can power the boards off a single supply, which need not be at 5V with up to 3A (...
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Uninterruptible Power supply for PI 2 B+
Will it be possible to provide short term power to the B2+ model with the following setup?
5V 2A 44W Uninterrupted Power Supply Alarm System Security Camera Dedicated Backup Power Supply 6-10 Hours
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RPi 3 B+ under voltage with Retropie
I recently acquired a brand new RPi Model 3 B+ and decided to try and install Retropie (v4.4) on it. I managed it to boot properly and I got a PS3 controller to work via USB.
The problem is that I ...
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Powering RPI 3 and using relay from same source
I want to build something of a smart home device such as a smart switch /outlet for example that controls something like a light. However, I don't know what the wiring should be Like, if it's possible....
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Rpi Zero W ( not Rpi 2,3 ) - power consumption, idle and GPIO operate [duplicate]
Spec wise - all raspberries require 5v 2A input.
My project needs multiple remote rpi’s to send periodical status of GPIO using python script ( runs on Raspbian Strech Lite ).
Is a 2A a must ?
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Official power supply not working (no LEDs)
I just bought a new Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ with the official power supply. When inserted, it does absolutely nothing. None of the LEDs light up, with or without an SD card.
However, a cheap phone ...
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Power LED blinks at first boot, but fine during second boot
I have a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+. When I turn it on, it works fine but the red PWR LED keeps blinking. Everything else works fine, with no issues, but when I power it off and turn it on again, then it ...
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Can I provide 1A, 5V to Raspberry Pi Zero W
I want to design a Power Supply Unit(PSU) for Raspbery Pi Zero W. I will have a camera https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/camera-module-v2 connected and running, two relays and few gpio's running.
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Turn on WittyPi via ligth
I want to use my Pi outdoors for measurement. I measure the temperature and some other things periodically via the wittyPi. But I also want to make the wittyPi turn on when light hits a solar panel ...
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Is there a way to control the power output from raspberry pi3?
I'm new to electronics and I'm thinking of building a small racing car. I have this toy car that has a DC motor and a servo motor to control the direction of the car. My plan is to write some software ...
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Raspberry Pi Low Power Warning
RPi Model B+
Raspbian 7.11
Kernel 4.14.41-v7+
I've been getting low power errors during startup (lightning bolt), and continue to see them in my syslog.
I have tried multiple different USB cables, ...
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Bootup problem, freezing Pi, power problem with IR camera or USB
When I bootup my py with latest version of raspbian with only one IR camera my Pi wont bootup. The red led blinks red. This same PI, Img, and SDCard were working weeks with same camera + nova PM ...
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Power Requirement for Pi 3
I have a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B, and I wish to make a tablet with it. I am using the WaveShare 7inch touchscreen, the pi camera V1, a USB hub and an external CD/DVD drive. But when I got everything ...
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Raspberry Pi external power supply for sensors
I am working on a project that involves a Raspberry Pi 3B+ and multiple sensors (temp/humid DHT22, pH probe and EC probe from atlas scientific, cameras....).
I am trying to figure out how to power my ...
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lightning bolt on first powerup
I purchased the CANAKIT Raspberry pi with the Canakit power supply. I purchased the pre-loaded microsd card.
On first power up I got the rainbow and the lightning bolt (no menu)
I've tried 3 alternate ...
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Hardware setup for LED with external power supply
I am looking for help to use a raspberry pi 3 as a multiple LED switcher.
The setup should be:
6 LEDs at 3W, 9.6V and 300mA (each!)
a external power supply for the LEDs
a breadboard to put everything ...
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Supply 3.3V sensors using GPIO pins
I am using a RPI zero to receive some data from sensors.
All these sensors use 3.3V supply.
A teacher gave the idea of using the GPIO pins(not the VCC's itself) to supply power to the sensors, so ...
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Is there a code for the power LED blinking (I've noticed a pattern) or is it simply “blinking” and that's it?
I recently got my first Raspberry Pi (model 3 B+) plus a starter kit from Adafruit, and I have encountered my first challenge: boot the darn thing. The starter kit came with a micro SD with NOOBs ...
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Supply 5v to peripheral using solder pads and not GPIO?
This seems like a simple enough question but it hasn't been easy to find an answer!
I have a Pi3 (with recommended PSU), official screen, official camera and I've now added the respeaker 2-mics Pi ...
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Power supply for prototyping with Raspberry PI and motor
I'm going to be working on controlling a motor from the RPI board. The motor needs 12V. I'm thinking of buying a single power supply, to supply both the RPI and the motor with during prototyping. For ...
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Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ Stable Red Light When Powered Up
I recently got a new Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ and I managed to flash the OS. But the problem seems to happen when I try to boot it. I do not have the official adapter, but I tried the following:
with ...
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usb to eth adapter hot-plug on pi zero w causes reset
RPi zero w v1.3 running RASPBIAN LITE stretch
I would like to use an ETH adapter to connect to the pi, but if I plug it before starting the system all works fine, while in case of hot-plug it causes ...
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Raspberry pi 3 b+ and 7" touchscreen over poe
I have an issue, i want to power my pi and 7" touchscreen over poe but the raspberry pi poe hat supplies only 2.5 amp.
7" touchscreen requires 2.5 amp and rpi 3 b+ also requires 2.5 amp so i am in ...
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Powering Raspberry Pi Zero when USB OTG is in device mode
I'm using a Raspberry Pi Zero as a USB device, i.e. it is connected and powered via the OTG USB port to a USB host (in this case another Raspberry Pi, but it could be a PC or any other USB host):
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Power Pi Zero with 3.5V?
I have an old, completely analogue phone-entry system in my flat. I'd like to play with using a Pi to interact with it, e.g. sending a notification to my phone when the buzzer rings.
I've measured ...
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How to protect Raspberry Pi when powering via 5v pin?
I have reglaurly heard that while it is possible to power the Raspberry Pi via the 5v rail, you do so at your own risk. This is because the rail lacks any of the protections that the USB port has ...
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Raspberry Pi power supply
This has been asked and answered many times, but my specific question is not in the list of results when I search.
I have a nominal 2.6A supply here, and it remains stable at 5V up to exactly this ...
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Diagnosing power supply issue
I am running LibreELEC 8.2.4 on a RPi3B. I have attached a USB disk BUFFALO HD-PNTU3 (1To).
For the last week the disk has shown some issues which may be related to low power (making some noise while ...
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Raspberry Pi 3B+ won't boot; red LED blinking [duplicate]
I just got a new Raspberry Pi 3B+ with the official case and official power supply. When up, I get a blinking red LED, and on the screen (HDMI) I see a big rainbow-ish square and a lightning symbol in ...
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how to connect power supply from turtlebot 2 to raspberry pi 3?
I am a beginner user of turtlebot and raspberry pi so I need help desperately. I want to power up raspberry pi 3 using turtlebot battery, so as for trials, I used a micro USB wire by cutting it half ...
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How big of a power supply do I need to power a 3B+?
This chart shows the Pi 3B+ drawing upwards of 5.6 W under load. I know they recommend a 2.5a power supply, but is that an exactly accurate number? Would 2.4a be enough? How powerful of a power supply ...
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What is it about the redesign of the new Pi 3 B+ power supply that's discussed here? [closed]
Today's announcement at raspberrypi.org: Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ On Sale Now at $35 describes several improvements. In the linked YouTube video changes to the power supply are discussed between 04:30 ...
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Power supply or pi card?
I have a pi sd card with raspbian on it. The version of the Raspberry Pi I am using is the Pi B 2 When I tried to boot it up with a normal power supply (micro-usb) it started to boot fine, but it got ...
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Raspberry Pi 3 Power Issue
I am using Raspberry Pi 3 Model B for my project purpose. The Pi 3 works fine when it is powered through a 5V/2A charger and I am able to use the inbuilt Bluetooth and Wifi using it, but when I try to ...
