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Not really a market gap. Hit Amazon.com and search for "raspberry pi UPS" and you'll find plenty of options. Or more generically try search terms like "mini u
by crashingintoyou 4y ago
Not really a market gap.
Hit Amazon.com and search for "raspberry pi UPS" and you'll find plenty of options. Or more generically try search terms like "mini ups" or "router ups" or "dc ups" - loads of options at places like Aliexpress as well.
Here in South Africa with rolling blackouts happening fairly regularly these days a lot of homes have something similar to keep internet connectivity live when it happens, with a lot of those options having USB outputs as well.
I'm currently using one of these to keep my pi 4 + hdd setup online: https://acconet.net/product/ups-rp7500a/ https://acconet.net/product/ups-rp7500a/
- roboben 4y agoThis thing looks great, also given the PoE feature. How much does it cost? I cannot seem to find it to buy
- exikyut 4y agoA cursory search of AliExpress found these potentially interesting candidates: https://aliexpress.com/item/1005003164049579.html https://aliexpress.com/item/1005003164049579.html, https://aliexpress.com/item/1005004107179526.html https://aliexpress.com/item/1005004107179526.html (POE) https://aliexpress.com/item/32964061367.html https://aliexpress.com/item/32964061367.html (wall wart style) https://aliexpress.com/item/1005003765804094.html https://aliexpress.com/item/1005003765804094.html (looks like a power bank with always-on output like the article is describing) https://aliexpress.com/item/4001204992959.html https://aliexpress.com/item/4001204992959.html (BYO 18650s and enclosure) https://aliexpress.com/item/32421259702.html https://aliexpress.com/item/32421259702.html (looks interesting but sadly "dead", was cached in google search results from however long ago)
- walterbell 4y agoSimilar-ish PoE UPS for $55 USD, https://www.amazon.com/Battery-Uninterruptible-Security-10000mAh-Batterypack/dp/B0921SB3LJ https://www.amazon.com/Battery-Uninterruptible-Security-1000...
- crashingintoyou 4y agoMine came from https://www.geewiz.co.za/ups/124927-acconet-poe-48v-24v-smart-power-bank-mini-ups.html https://www.geewiz.co.za/ups/124927-acconet-poe-48v-24v-smar... Looks like this may be a South African domestic brand though (and you probably don't want to order from a South African site unless you're living in the country to be honest). If it's just PoE you're looking for there are other options available - e.g. https://www.amazon.com/Battery-Uninterruptible-Security-10000mAh-Batterypack/dp/B07PHQNLFY https://www.amazon.com/Battery-Uninterruptible-Security-1000... One thing to be wary about though is max power if you're trying to run a raspberry pi with hard drive attached off one of these devices. A lot of these devices cap output on the USB ports at ~5V/2A (which I think was the USB2 max whereas USB3 allows for more). If you're running off an SD-card or SSD you should be fine, but 2A isn't enough to start a pi from an attached 2.5" HDD in my experience.