Questions tagged [power-supply]
The methods for powering the Raspberry Pi (typically via its micro-USB connection.)
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powering the RPi 4 + a 2.5" HDD with 1 power adapter
Ok, so here's the problem:
I want to build a RPi 4 machine for gaming. From what I've read, if I want to attach a 2.5" HDD via usb 3.0 to the Pi 4, it will have to be powered somehow, since the Pi won'...
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Pi 3 w/Pisound - Won't turn on unless wait a few minutes
I have a Pi 3 and Pisound (hat) and to turn it off I just unplug the cable. Now oddly, if I plug it back in right away I just get a red light, no blinking yellow BUT If I wait a few minutes to plug it ...
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power supply for multiple raspberry pi4
I am wondering if any one knows of a power supply that will power 4 or more raspberry pi4 with the type C plug? (Yes I would like the full 3 amps or more)
I thought of a standard ATX power supply, ...
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Voltage drop when RaspberryPi boots
Im trying to learn robotics with raspberrypi but im having a problem. I have 6 AA batteries in a batteryholder that are connected to a breadboard and with M-M jumping wires its connected to a LM2596S ...
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Powered USB3 Hub vs USB3 Y Power Cable
I have an issue that means I have to use a powered USB hub for the HDD that is attached to my RPI4 (long story). The hub just broke.
My budget doesn't allow for a decent powered USB3 hub BUT does ...
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Power Rasberry Pi Zero W using LiPo 11.4V and 7805 converter
In order to power a Raspberry Pi Zero W, I'm using the 7805 converter to lower the ~11.4V from a LiPo Battery to 5V. The resulted voltage is about 4.96V.
The Raspberry Pi starts to boot for about 20 ...
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RaspberryPi is not provided with enough power
Im trying to learn robotics with raspberrypi but im having a problem.
I have 6 AA batteries that are connected to a LM2596S adjustable voltage regulator module, Which then is connected to the ...
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Battery Usage Pi Zero W for video stream
I am trying to do live video streaming from the rasberry pi, meaning the camera is recording a video and then transmitting the live video over wifi.
What is the smallest battery I can use to power ...
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do RPi3 3.3/5V pins output constant voltage even if the RPi power supply is changing voltage?
I want to power my RPi with a lithium ion battery. The RPi will be powering some devices which require constant voltage to power them.
If I use a battery as supply for the RPi (which changes as it ...
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Can I supply power with 5V 2Amp to Raspberry pi 4 [duplicate]
Can I supply power with 5V 2Amp to Raspberry pi 4? Currently 5V 3Amp chargers by Raspberry Pi are out of stock , so I am using phone charger with 5V 2Amp along with Type C adapter.
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Should I tear apart USB PSU or get a dedicated switching PSU?
I'm going to be using an Pi-3B+ to switch an AC and a DC device using one of the popular relay modules. This whole project is going to go in a custom screw-together project box that will have AC input ...
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Powering a Raspberry Pi without a micro USB cable
I want to attach a Raspberry Pi to hardware I'm developing. There is already +5v and GND available on the hardware. Is there any way to power up my Raspberry Pi from this (I just wanna avoid another ...
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How to make a splitter cable for the USB2 OTG port on the RPi 4B?
According to the answer to Where is the USB2 OTG port on the RPi 4 Model B located? the Raspberry Pi 4B has a "hidden" OTG port in the USB-C power connector. My first idea to use this port was to ...
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how does the Raspberry Pi PoE shield work?
I would like to do PoE for some Pies, but I dont like the real-estate the PoE hat takes up. what exactly is required for the PoE to work? what pins must I use on the raspberry PI, and what does the ...
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Convert 12V to 5V to power RaspberryPi
I have an Eleksmaker laser cutter which has a board with a 12V output (see top of image).
I would like to power my RaspberryPi using this 12V output.
What is the advantage of powering the ...
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Location of Voltage regulator on the pi-star zero
My pi-star is overheating and turning off. I was told that it may be the voltage regulator. Is this possible and where is it located or do you have a schematic for the pi-star.
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Choosing a Pi4 power supply
I'm trying to decide what is the best option for powering a Pi4. The specs mention for a minimum of 3A. Let's consider we would also like to connect a 2.5" drive to the Pi4. Could someone more ...
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Powering the Pi 4 - safe voltage levels and current requirements
How to safely power the Pi 4, more specifically:
What voltage levels are safe to power the Pi 4 via the USB-C connector or via the GPIO header?
What are the current requirements?
What Power ...
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Raspberry Pi 4 with Anker PowerPort Speed 5
So I'm thinking of getting a Raspberry Pi 4 and I know they have raised the power requirements to 5v 3amps, rather than buying the offical power supply would using the two blue fast charge ports on my ...
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What is the highest voltage from the power supply a Raspberry Pi 3 B can handle without getting damaged?
I am using Android things on Raspberry Pi 3 B with a 7-inch touch screen. Currently, I always see a yellow thunder bolt sign on the screen which means that the Raspberry Pi isn't receiving a high ...
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Cut power on a remote Raspberry Pi 3 via another raspi
I'm building a system with a raspberry pi located in a very remote area connected to internet with an internet stick. The tests are promising so far but the pi freezes every here and then and I'm not ...
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LCD Installation freeze because of low voltage?
i try to install my LCD 3.5 waveshare, but when extracting the folder and use sudo ./LCD35-show it starts shortly and then freeze. I Got the thunder icon and the freezed screen. Might this be the ...
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Power up a raspberry pi in a plane
Just wanted to know if it was possible to power up a raspberry pi 3 (+7'' touch screen) from the USB socket you can find next to the screen in a plane. I have no idea how much power they provide...
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Pi Remains Running When External (Powered) HD is connected
I have a Pi3B+. Attached is a (powered) Western Digital My Book external hard drive. When I accidentally unplugged the power to the Pi, it kept running, happy as can be with the only other energy ...
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USB OTG with power supply connection to Raspberry Pi Zero
I have connected my 5.2 V 2 A tablet charger to power USB port of Raspberry Pi Zero and USB port to my Linux OS Lenovo laptop, according to this post I must cut the 5 V pin of USB PC port, but I didn'...
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Raspberry Pi Zero W solar power setup
Good day,
I have a Raspberry Pi Zero W that I would like to deploy onto a tower that is supplied with 12VDC power from a photovoltaic solar panel.
I'm currently looking at powering the Pi Zero W ...
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Safely connect Adafruit's powerboost 1000C LBO to rPi-GPIO
I would like to connect Adafruit's powerboost 1000C LBO control pin to a rPi GPIO-pin. So I can gracefully shutdown my rPi when the LiPo runs low.
I would like to connect the LBO to a diode to lower ...
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can low power be the cause of low WiFi speed?
I'm using a raspberry pi 2 model b running Ubuntu core, and a TP-Link TL-WN821Nv3 USB WiFi adapter, which has a maximum speed of 300mbps/37.5mBps, and a Samsung charger which supplies 2A (lower than ...
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Power Pack for RPi 3
Is there a popular ups power shield that can be used to with RPi 3?
Ideally I would like to write some code in Python to monitor the battery status of the power pack and also still have access to the ...
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Raspberry Pi Shows Low Power Lightning Bolt When Only Using 1 of 3 Amps
My Raspberry Pi 3B+ is running Kali Linux on the official 7" display. I am using an Anker power bank that says: "5V=6A (3A max per port)" in the description. When using the Pi, it constantly shows the ...
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HDMI port is not working
I have been using an RPI3B+ for around 2 months . I used it remotely most of the time. Recently, when I was trying connect it with a monitor via HDMI to VGA converter , it didn't work at all. I ...
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part incompatibilities
I am trying to control a 4.5V motor with a pi.
I am going to use this to control the motor:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/2X-L298N-Dual-H-Bridge-DC-Stepper-Motor-Driver-Controller-Board-Arduino/...
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Powering Rpi won't boot using custom microusb and supply
I'm attempting to power my Raspberry Pi with my own power supply. As you can see from the picture, that is the micro usb I have modified to connect to my power supply. However, when I connect it to my ...
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Powering a line following robot with a power bank. Any thoughts?
I am currently wondering for a college project, if it'd be possible or not to use a power bank to build a line following robot and power both the pi 3b+, the waveform motor driver hat with 2 dc motors(...
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Long term screw terminal power
Okay so I have a PCA9685 hooked up to a raspberry pi 3 so that it can control multiple servos via a c++ program. Currently, I have them hooked up to a battery pack that has red and black wires as gnd ...
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Is it safe to power my external hard drive with a Raspberry Pi 3 B+ USB port?
I have a external hard drive that has written on it "5V ⎓ 1A". Both power and data transfer happen over a single USB. I have been reading about powering this hard drive with the USB ports on my ...
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Raspberry Not Powering Up
Hope you are all doing fine !! Actually I'm just a beginner with raspberry Pi ... I started doing python coding on it a few days ago. But now when I'm connecting my charger to it ,It won't start. ...
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Car Powered Raspberry Pi: Safe Shutdown and Power On
Apologies if this is a duplicate, but I can't seem to find a suitable solution.
I need to power a Raspberry Pi in a car, and for obvious reasons need to shutdown gracefully, however, I need it to ...
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Safe power supply through GPIO pins
I'm designing a HAT and need to supply power to PI zero W and PI 3B+ through the GPIO headers[2&4]. The supply would regulated at 5V 4A (Would be sharing the same power supply with a Thermal ...
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What is the max voltage that the Raspberry Pi can handle over the USB plug? [duplicate]
I've been trying to make my own lower-cost power supply for the Raspberry Pi (my cellphone wall adapters don't provide clean enough 5V power for the Pi 3B+) with a 12V wall wart I have laying around ...
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Don't start Pi on power connection
I've currently got my raspberry pi setup with a power switch that wakes it up from power off (using GPIO3) and shuts it down safely using a simple python script. Pretty basic stuff.
The problem ...
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3.5 inch HDD case/rack with seperate USB connection?
I want to build a NAS with RAID 1 using two 3.5 inch HDDs. I want to connect the HDDs via USB. Thus I'd need two cases for the HDDs with two seperate power supplies.
Cases/Racks with two HDD slots ...
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Powerbank Qualcomm 3 fried my Pi Zero W
I tried running a Pi Zero W on a 10000 mAh powerbank with qualcomm quickcharger capability (https://www.biltema.se/kontor---teknik/mobiltillbehor/powerpacks/powerpack-10000-mah-2000041816) .
The ...
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RPi 3b+ portable battery concern: enough voltage?
For starters, I am trying to use this power pank as a portable battery for my robot:
https://www.costco.ca/PocketJuice-12%2C000-mAh-Portable-Charger-.product.100416339.html
I connected the pi to ...
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Several Zero-W boards won't even light up
In the past, I had no trouble getting my first Pi Zero-W board to boot.
Something seems to have happened, such that with:
three different boards (two newly purchased, one old that I think was blown ...
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Possible to Power an IP camera from Pi
I have a raspberry pi 3 b+.
I was thinking instead of using an USB camera or the camera module would it be possible to connect an IP camera?
The raspberry pi will be powered by a battery and the pi ...
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Power Raspberry Pi using GPIO Pins and a 10A supply with 7805
I am currently working on a project where i have micro-controller,stepper drivers etc all powered through a single 12v 10a power supply. I was planning to use the same supply to power the raspberry pi ...
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External 12v power supply to relay
I have a 12v 8 channel relay https://www.modmypi.com/raspberry-pi/relays-and-home-automation-1032/relay-boards-1033/8-channel-12v-relay-module which I want to connect to my RPi3 so I need an external ...
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Using a molex powered usb panel to power multiple pi's
I have been looking into multiple ways to power numerous rapsberry pi's from one power source.
I am not an electrical engineer and as such some methods I have researched online are less than ideal, ...
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Can I give power 5V 2.1A to Raspberry Pi 3 B+?
I have already taken RPI 3 B + from post office and now I want start RPI 3 B +. But I'm seeing that I haven't got 5V 2.5A Power Block. So, I have a question.
Can I give power 5V 2.1A to Raspberry Pi 3 ...
