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		ianburrell on June 16, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Raspberry Pi 5 Is No Match for a Tini-Mini-Mic... Oh, so it needs a 5A power supply. The problem is that usually requires a >60W supply, which will be willing to provide 5A. It also requires a marked cable. I think it can legally be done with PPS if power supply supports 5A. It is weird that Pi5 doesn't do USB-PD 27W supply which is common. It would require converter from 9V. But that would cost money.

numpad0 on June 16, 2024 [–]

The problem is that the Pi requires specific combination of (5V && 5A), which is rare. IIUC even many 65W adapters don't support it.

I wonder if it has to do with the fact that Pi is shipped as a bare board without case. Power circuits are sometimes required to have enclosures.

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