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RE: Raspberry Pi 5, DC-DC Buck down power supply from 36v, best method?

I have lately been working with some PoE stuff for surveillance cameras. In this process, I have discovered an entire world of PoE devices now availab...

2 months ago
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RE: Raspberry Pi 5, DC-DC Buck down power supply from 36v, best method?

I have no new info to offer on my Pi5 running on DC. Still using the inverter method for the time being. I wanted to post a video from Andreas Spies...

2 months ago
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RE: Raspberry Pi 5, DC-DC Buck down power supply from 36v, best method?

@zander @davee, I am still following this thread with interest. But I don't have any new data points to offer or any insights into USB standards and p...

3 months ago
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RE: Raspberry Pi 5, DC-DC Buck down power supply from 36v, best method?

@zander. I looked at those links. Thanks for posting. They look promising. I am tempted, but hesitant to spend more money until they specifically say ...

3 months ago
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RE: Raspberry Pi 5, DC-DC Buck down power supply from 36v, best method?

@davee. Thanks for weighing in. Possibly while you were typing, I was Kicking-and-Screamingly implementing Plan B. Which as you saw, inverter works fo...

3 months ago
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RE: Raspberry Pi 5, DC-DC Buck down power supply from 36v, best method?

OK, so this does work. Not elegant. Not efficient. Not space saving. But it works. Left: 20-60 volt input --> 12v, 5 amp output dc-dc converter. ...

3 months ago
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RE: Raspberry Pi 5, DC-DC Buck down power supply from 36v, best method?

Thanks for the follow-up. Sorry your tests were equally bad. But at least we achieved some scientific method with peer review. :) My robots tend to...

3 months ago
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RE: Raspberry Pi 5, DC-DC Buck down power supply from 36v, best method?

The new Anker powerbank arrived today. Unfortunately, test results are not good. It performs worse than the other Anker I got recently. Using this one...

3 months ago
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RE: Raspberry Pi 5, DC-DC Buck down power supply from 36v, best method?

@zander Yes, always keeping an eye out for consulting opportunities, side gigs, contracts etc. Life situation doesn't allow me a normal fulltime job ...

3 months ago
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RE: Communication between esp32 and esp32cam

@metronus-prime Exactly. I have been watching home robots on Youtube. There are some that are extremely nimble and dexterous. But it got me thinking, ...

3 months ago
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RE: Communication between esp32 and esp32cam

Understandable. I spent a couple weeks exploring options and settled on the little travel router and MQTT. Works for me, but might not be best for you...

3 months ago
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RE: Communication between esp32 and esp32cam

@metronus-prime I was running into similar issue on how to multiple ESP32s on a robot. I settled on a solution using a tiny travel router, Raspberry P...

3 months ago
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RE: Raspberry Pi 5, DC-DC Buck down power supply from 36v, best method?

Wow, awesome. Thanks for the additional data points. Yes, running stock Pi fives, no overclocking. If the robot demands more compute in the future,...

3 months ago
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RE: Raspberry Pi 5, DC-DC Buck down power supply from 36v, best method?

@zander I am using this command to see the details:pi5-2@raspberrypi:~ $ vcgencmd pmic_read_adc Below is the data from Pi5 on OEM wall wart, at idle...

3 months ago
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RE: Raspberry Pi 5, DC-DC Buck down power supply from 36v, best method?

That is kind of my thought, too. Still not getting full 5A, but at least it is not shutting down and throwing errors non-stop. I ordered the exact mod...

3 months ago
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