[aprssig] DC Power Pole to USB for Pi 4 computers

MJ Inabnit ke6sls at arrl.net
Wed Mar 24 21:09:18 EDT 2021


Nice!  It's kludgy but by gosh, I think it has what's needed; 3A as the
Pi 4 are picky!  TU

73
j

On 3/24/21 5:29 PM, Greg Clark wrote:
> Yeah -- seems overly complicated.  How about this?
> 
> https://powerwerx.com/usbbuddy-powerpole-usb-converter-device-charger
> 
> Greg K7RKT
> 
> On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 5:24 PM John D. Hays <john at hays.org
> <mailto:john at hays.org>> wrote:
> 
>     A good solution, but it does prevent installing a HAT (such as a
>     DRAWS™ or Adafruit Ultimate GPS HAT).
> 
> 
>     On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 1:52 PM Greg Clark <k7rkt at bigredbee.com
>     <mailto:k7rkt at bigredbee.com>> wrote:
> 
>           This looks like it would do the trick:
> 
>         https://www.hackster.io/bobr-rigado/pi-go-amateur-radio-power-for-your-raspberry-pi-536a81
> 
>         Greg K7RKT
> 
>         On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 1:06 PM MJ Inabnit <ke6sls at arrl.net
>         <mailto:ke6sls at arrl.net>> wrote:
> 
> 
>             Looks like a whole lot of folks are trying to find a nice
>             tidy Power
>             Pole power adapter to supply power to Raspberry Pi 4's.  I
>             know there
>             are many small companies building neat stuff like mini-APRS
>             rigs.  So is
>             anyone building a Power Pole power supply for the Pi's yet? 
>             Any good
>             tips or links would be very welcome as I plan to move my
>             APRS and packet
>             systems to a new Pi 4 in the near future.  All my gear is
>             using the
>             power poles and the rigrunner/MFJ power pole dc distribution
>             boxes.
> 
>             Thanks all!  73
> 
>             Jaye ke6sls
> 
> 
>             -- 
> 
>             wishing you well
>             Jaye, ke6sls--via the toshiba w/thunderchicken
> 



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