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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. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad never immediately apparent" Life's short, don't make a mess of it No Time To Be 21 - The Adverts
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