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On Tue, 12 Nov 2013 16:43:06 +0000 (GMT)
Gordon Henderson <gordon+lug@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello Gordon,
>On Tue, 12 Nov 2013, Brad Rogers wrote:
>> Power to microUSB /seems/ to be unique to the Pi. So far, I've not
>> been able to locate a power to ÂUSB cable,
>All the mobile phones & tablets that have passed through this house in
>the past 3 years have used ÂUSB for charging... It's fairly standard
Yes, indeed. I was inexplicit. What I /meant/ was that ready made
power-USB cables seem to be unavailable with the ÂUSB connector. Of
course, many power brick phone chargers come with a ÂUSB on the end.
>Powering the Pi via the 5V line on the GPIO conector is fine. Many
>people do it, myself included - as well as RPi foundation members...
>It's "OK". What you lose is protection from the on-board polyfuse on
>the ÂUSB input port - some say that's not a bad thing as the polyfuse
>drops a few mV anyway... Some protection might be prudent though...
A few mV drop is probably fine compared with a 5V i/p. Depends what you
mean by a "few" of course. :-)
>I'd just chop off the barrel connector and make up something to fit
>the GPIO...
You and me both. If Rob doesn't feel up to it there are obviously
plenty of people here that are more than capable doing the job for him.
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