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The old standard Pi PSUs output up to 2.5 amps (not watts), which at 5V gives you up to 12.5W. Older boards with simpler workloads could usually manage at 1A (
by BHSPitMonkey 3y ago
The old standard Pi PSUs output up to 2.5 amps (not watts), which at 5V gives you up to 12.5W.
Older boards with simpler workloads could usually manage at 1A (5W) but it was always preferred to have at least 2A (10W) to work with.
- dfox 3y agoI meant “standard USB charger” from your pile of random chargers, not the one that RPi Foundation sells. Such a thing hopefully provides the 500mA, that the USB2 port is supposed to deliver.