Re: [Soekris] +5V power on Net4501

2008-07-29 Thread Rod Whitworth
On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:39:29 -0400 (EDT), Jed Clear wrote: >On Mon, 28 Jul 2008, Jed Clear wrote: >> If you'd rather not mess around with getting power from pin 10, and aren't >> otherwise using your USB connector, it is a +5V source, with enough >> hampsters for the LVC, at least with no interna

Re: [Soekris] +5V power on Net4501

2008-07-28 Thread Jed Clear
On Mon, 28 Jul 2008, Jed Clear wrote: > If you'd rather not mess around with getting power from pin 10, and aren't > otherwise using your USB connector, it is a +5V source, with enough > hampsters for the LVC, at least with no internal HDD. Cutting up a spare > USB cable is probably the easiest wa

Re: [Soekris] +5V power on Net4501

2008-07-28 Thread Jed Clear
On Mon, 28 Jul 2008, Marc Balmer wrote: > * Chris Babcock wrote: > > Can those LVC units be used for as a GPS reference time source for NTP? > Yes. They output NMEA sentences, are fully (and easily) configurable > and provide a PPS signal (which has to be turned on by sending the > unit some comma

Re: [Soekris] +5V power on Net4501

2008-07-28 Thread Ralph Smith
On Mon, July 28, 2008 1:26 pm, Marc Balmer wrote: > * Chris Babcock wrote: >> Can those LVC units be used for as a GPS reference time source for NTP? > > Yes. They output NMEA sentences, are fully (and easily) configurable > and provide a PPS signal (which has to be turned on by sending the > uni

Re: [Soekris] +5V power on Net4501

2008-07-28 Thread Marc Balmer
* Chris Babcock wrote: > Can those LVC units be used for as a GPS reference time source for NTP? Yes. They output NMEA sentences, are fully (and easily) configurable and provide a PPS signal (which has to be turned on by sending the unit some commands). > > Timothy Holtzen wrote: > > Thanks Ra

Re: [Soekris] +5V power on Net4501

2008-07-28 Thread Marc Balmer
* Timothy Holtzen wrote: > Thanks Ralph! That's exactly what I needed. Pin 10 works like a charm > and no magic smoke release. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I drive a GPS 18 LVC using pin 10 of JP3, the COM2 connector. This is no > > substitute for proper specifications, but it has worked w

Re: [Soekris] +5V power on Net4501

2008-07-28 Thread Chris Babcock
Can those LVC units be used for as a GPS reference time source for NTP? Timothy Holtzen wrote: > Thanks Ralph! That's exactly what I needed. Pin 10 works like a charm > and no magic smoke release. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I drive a GPS 18 LVC using pin 10 of JP3, the COM2 connector. Th

Re: [Soekris] +5V power on Net4501

2008-07-28 Thread Timothy Holtzen
Thanks Ralph! That's exactly what I needed. Pin 10 works like a charm and no magic smoke release. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I drive a GPS 18 LVC using pin 10 of JP3, the COM2 connector. This is no > substitute for proper specifications, but it has worked well for me, and I > haven't let out a

Re: [Soekris] +5V power on Net4501

2008-07-25 Thread ralph
I drive a GPS 18 LVC using pin 10 of JP3, the COM2 connector. This is no substitute for proper specifications, but it has worked well for me, and I haven't let out any of the magic smoke. The 5V on pin 10 is not in the manual but is confirmed by Soren here:

[Soekris] +5V power on Net4501

2008-07-24 Thread Timothy Holtzen
On a Net4501 does anyone know how much +5V power can be provided by either pin 2 on the JP3 connector or by pin 4 on the JP9 connector? I have a Garmin GPS 18 LVC that I would like to interface with the unit that is rated at 60mA @ 5V. The manual doesn't seem to indicate how much power they a