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

[Patrick]

nope, just 5v is all it wants.  3amp supply minimum..  It'll run on 2.5amp
(which is what the POE hat gives it), but it's not happy if you ramp up the
GPU/CPU usage with less than 3.



On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 12:23 AM David Andrzejewski <
david at davidandrzejewski.com> wrote:

> The pi 4 is USBC. Does it require power delivery?
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> David Andrzejewski
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> On Mar 24, 2021, at 23:44, wa7skg <wa7skg at wa7skg.com> wrote:
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> Bought two of these. Fine for charging phones and tablets. Doesn't run a
> Raspberry Pi for beans. Quite pricey for what it is. Sitting in a box
> somewhere unused.
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> I bought several of these
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> https://www.amazon.com/Charger-Multiple-Backseat-Passenger-BlackBerry/dp/B06XHJZL91/ref=sr_1_9?dchild=1&keywords=12v+usb+charger+multi+port&qid=1616642698&sr=8-9
> cut the cigar lighter plug off and put on PowerPoles. RPi runs fine in it.
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> Michael WA7SKG
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> Greg Clark wrote on 3/24/21 5:29 PM:
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> Yeah -- seems overly complicated.  How about this?
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> https://powerwerx.com/usbbuddy-powerpole-usb-converter-device-charger
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> Greg K7RKT
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> On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 5:24 PM John D. Hays <john at hays.org <mailto:
> john at hays.org>> wrote:
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>    A good solution, but it does prevent installing a HAT (such as a
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>    DRAWS™ or Adafruit Ultimate GPS HAT).
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>    On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 1:52 PM Greg Clark <k7rkt at bigredbee.com
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>    <mailto:k7rkt at bigredbee.com>> wrote:
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>           This looks like it would do the trick:
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> https://www.hackster.io/bobr-rigado/pi-go-amateur-radio-power-for-your-raspberry-pi-536a81
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>        Greg K7RKT
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>        On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 1:06 PM MJ Inabnit <ke6sls at arrl.net
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>        <mailto:ke6sls at arrl.net>> wrote:
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>            Looks like a whole lot of folks are trying to find a nice
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>            tidy Power
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>            Pole power adapter to supply power to Raspberry Pi 4's.  I
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>            know there
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>            are many small companies building neat stuff like mini-APRS
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>            rigs.  So is
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>            anyone building a Power Pole power supply for the Pi's yet?
>             Any good
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>            tips or links would be very welcome as I plan to move my
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>            APRS and packet
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>            systems to a new Pi 4 in the near future.  All my gear is
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>            using the
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>            power poles and the rigrunner/MFJ power pole dc distribution
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>            boxes.
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>            Thanks all!  73
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>            Jaye ke6sls
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