Re: [beagleboard] How to connect WD Element 1 TB HDD to beaglebone black

2017-02-25 Thread William Hermans
You can not power a hard drive directly from, the beaglebone. Period. Full sized 3.5" drives can peak to 2-3A draw when first spinning up. For a 2.5" "laptop" type drive. It would not be unheard of for the drive to need 1-2A at spin up. So, you need a different enclosure for a hard drive, that po

Re: [beagleboard] How to connect WD Element 1 TB HDD to beaglebone black

2017-02-25 Thread nitish jha
It should take somewhere between 100 to 500mA On Feb 25, 2017 8:53 PM, "evilwulfie" wrote: > how much current does the drive take ? > > On 2/25/2017 12:38 PM, nitish jha wrote: > > Hello All > > I am trying to connect my 1 TB hard disk to my beagle bone black board. > > I have powered board by 5

Re: [beagleboard] How to connect WD Element 1 TB HDD to beaglebone black

2017-02-25 Thread evilwulfie
how much current does the drive take ? On 2/25/2017 12:38 PM, nitish jha wrote: > Hello All > > I am trying to connect my 1 TB hard disk to my beagle bone black board. > > I have powered board by 5v power adapter > > and when I check df -h my 1TB hard disk does not show up > > Even I cant see sm

[beagleboard] How to connect WD Element 1 TB HDD to beaglebone black

2017-02-25 Thread nitish jha
Hello All I am trying to connect my 1 TB hard disk to my beagle bone black board. I have powered board by 5v power adapter and when I check df -h my 1TB hard disk does not show up Even I cant see small led in y hard disk glowing. Can somebody help to solve my Issue. Thanks and Regards Niti