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Their USB charger costs 7€. From my experience: Just buy their charger and you'll have no problem. I've seen so many attempts at powering the Pi with alternativ
by dividuum 7y ago
Their USB charger costs 7€. From my experience: Just buy their charger and you'll have no problem. I've seen so many attempts at powering the Pi with alternative sources that suck and cause problems. 7€ is worth avoiding that.
- opless 7y agoBut some folk already have decent pd-usb3 chargers that damn well ought to work. Mine, that can charge my gpd pocket can barely power my pi4. I still see the yellow lightening bolt which indicates a "poor" power supply - which is just plain lying.
- TheRealPomax 7y agoRemember when the EU had to pass laws to prevent everyone from making their own bloody chargers with proprietary plugs for mobile phones, because _no one needs their own custom charger_? Yeah, that. It doesn't matter how cheap their charger is, no one should need to even buy one. RasPi botched their USB-C implementation, and the solution to that is not "buy yet another charger", it should be "we're fixing the design immediately, and it's going to cost us a fair bit but you can send your board back to get it replaced"
- dividuum 7y agoThat's actually a good point I didn't consider.
- nottorp 7y agoIt's not only that there shouldn't be a need for their charger if you already have one, but if you integrate the Pi into something custom you'll possibly want custom power delivery as well, and then it's a PSU redesign when you find out.