Questions tagged [power]
Power is the rate at which energy is supplied or consumed, often measured in Watts. This tag covers electrical power specifically, the voltage and current specifications for supplying power to the Pi, the specifics of power consumption by the Pi, and methods for controlling Pi power consumption.
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RPi5 power using buck converter
I am using a Raspberry Pi 5 for our project. I wish to power the Pi through USB-C but without a dedicated power adapter. I am using a XL4016 9A buck converter at 5 volts. Can i cut a USB-C cable then ...
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How to prevent the RPi5 from powering off USB devices on shutdown?
When the RPi5 shuts down, the external storage attached to it shuts down as well and needs to be manually powered-on. I have an external storage plugged to the RPi5 through USB 3.0. The external ...
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RPi 5 sometimes unable to boot via external battery
I'm currently working on a project but running into the following issue that only sometimes arises (5 a 10%) when connecting the Pi to an external battery. Basically what happens is that once I hook ...
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Non invasive commercial power loss to MRI [closed]
I am looking for a non-invasive clamp one device that will connect to Raspberry Pi and send an alert. The device that would either clamp on or wrap around wiring it is going to an MRI. Incoming power ...
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How to troubleshoot a possibly fried Raspberry Pi 4B?
I have been trying to design a custom power supply for USB PD Rev3 using the STUSB4761 negotiator IC that can potentially support the Pi 5 at 5V 5A. The goal is to integrate this into a compact ...
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Can I power any raspberry pi device from a phone USB port? [closed]
I want to have a Raspberry Pi connected to my phone via my phone's USB-C port, so that I can send ADB commands from the Raspberry Pi to the phone. Ideally, I do NOT want to have a separate battery to ...
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Added peripherals and RPi5 shut down and cannot boot
I've been working with the rpi5 connected to various external hardware (ex. HC-SR04 ultrasonic sensors, 12V servo motors), however after integrating a new component the rpi shut down and refuses to ...
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Detected under voltage and then my Pi4B stopped working
some minutes ago the OS detected undervoltage in my Raspberry Pi 4 B and then the Pi gone down and stopped working... i tried using voltmeter to measure the voltage of the GPIO and it is almost good (...
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RPi4 HDMI power supply to screen
I've built over a dozen projects with Raspberry Pi (lately the Pi4) along with this exact 5" HDMI screen: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01L6O2NEE aka https://www.ebay.com/itm/225080949248 I have ...
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How to disable Raspberry Pi 5 hard shutdown on long press of power button
By default Raspberry Pi 5 does hard shutdown if one press and hold the power button for long time. Is there a way to disable this behavior so there is no hard shutdown on press and hold of the power ...
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Can the Pi 5 run on just 1 Amp?
I've been successfully powering my pi 5 from a power bank with no converters (with no peripherals except the fan and a usb wifi adapter). But the behavior I've observed is very strange. That power ...
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Did I destroy my Raspberry Pi 5 with over voltage?
Newbie here, I accidentally powered 11 volts on my Rpi for a few minutes because I forgot to turn down the buck converter. It now doesn't boot and I have confirmed that it's not an issue about the sd ...
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raspberry pi 5 8 G Ram go down after 2 second green
I am trying to turn my Pi 5 8gb ram on but it is not turning on. Only the red LED remains on without blinking. The green LED is on during startup for 2 seconds and then turns off. I have tried many ...
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Raspberry Pi 4 doesn't show anything on screen a short while after installing the OS
I installed the 64-bit Raspberry Pi OS onto a Raspberry Pi 4B model very recently. Everything worked fine, I installed vscode in it and updated the libraries. However, after shutting it down once, I ...
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Raspi 5 power usage while beeing switched off
According to my battery my Raspi 5 (with SSD) consumes more than 1 W while being switched off. Why is the power usage so high and how can I reduce it? If the answer is: pull the plug, the new power ...
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