Re: [SLUG] Raspberry power supply

2012-03-02 Thread Tom Worthington 

On 02/03/12 12:53, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:


... The Chinese are standardising on USB (though connectors don't seem to be
standard)


There are two interoperable standards for USB mobile phone chargers:

* The Chinese standard requires a USB Type A socket (the big USB plug) 
on the charger.


* The European standard requires a micro-USB socket on the phone.

Compatibility with both can be achieved by having a charger with a USB 
Type A socket, a phone with a micro-USB socket and a cable to connect them.


See: 
http://blog.tomw.net.au/2009/07/micro-usb-standard-for-mobile-phone.html



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Re: [SLUG] Raspberry power supply

2012-03-02 Thread Graham Smith 
On Fri, 2 Mar 2012 12:44:49 Ken Foskey wrote:
> Does anyone know about the power supply requirements of this thing.  I am
> thinking of putting one in as a thin client.  A cheap TV and one of these,
> no fans.
> 

5 volt via MicroUSB approx 700ma - 3.5W
See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi


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Re: [SLUG] Raspberry power supply

2012-03-01 Thread Marghanita da Cruz 

Ken Foskey wrote:


Does anyone know about the power supply requirements of this thing.  I 
am thinking of putting one in as a thin client.  A cheap TV and one of 
these, no fans.


Ta
Ken


The Chinese are standardising on USB (though connectors don't seem to be 
standard). According to the Raspberry website device comes with USB port. 
See my comments/description of USB power supplies at:



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[SLUG] Raspberry power supply

2012-03-01 Thread Ken Foskey 


Does anyone know about the power supply requirements of this thing.  I am 
thinking of putting one in as a thin client.  A cheap TV and one of these, 
no fans.


Ta
Ken 


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