We use ATX power supplies to run our burnin racks.

Gerald



On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 12:15 PM, Paul Tan <[email protected]> wrote:

> I'm running my Beaglebones off the +5V line of a ATX Power supply with no
> problems.  I have not tried the standby power line, but according to
> wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATX, the standby +5V (Vsb) is
> spec'ed to a peak to peak ripple of 50mV, and the same as the +5 VDC (main
> 5V line) from the ATX supply.  So, there SHOULD BE NO PROBLEMS with ripple.
>
> I've had my Beaglebone(s) (yeah, a few of them) powered on the ATX supply
> for weeks now without any problems.
>
> Paul Tan.
> http://www.exadler.com
> http://exadler.blogspot.com
>
> On Thursday, October 10, 2013 9:01:35 AM UTC-4, tushar gurjar wrote:
>
>> Thanks Charles & Liyoshi for your inputs!
>>
>> Btw. , Are there any chips which will specifically remove the high
>> ripples @5V yet allow around 1.5 A current to flow ? Would a low ESR
>> 10uF/100uF/1000uF cap between SMPS & Beagleboard XM do the job?
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Tushar
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 09:07:29 +0800
>> Subject: Re: [beagleboard] Is it safe to power Beagleboard XM Rev B with
>> 5V Supply of PC ATX SMPS?
>> From: [email protected]
>> To: [email protected]
>>
>>
>> As I remember , BeagleBoard Xm will have a limit of power protecter .
>> over 5.3v or lower than 4.xv (not clear about this )
>> You will not be able to power up the board . TPS65930 will not power up
>> the omap3730
>> ATX power 5V will always have the very big ripple .
>>
>> If you can boot up normally , ignore this .
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 2013/10/8 Charles Steinkuehler <[email protected]>
>>
>> On 10/8/2013 9:37 AM, tushar gurjar wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > Is it safe to power Beagleboard XM rev B with the +5V DC output of PC
>> > ATX SMPS directly or should a linear regulated 5V supply be used
>> > instead to be on the safer side?
>> >
>> > In other words, does the Beagleboard XM have circuitry to handle 5V
>> > SMPS supply input ?
>>
>> Well, the "wall-wart" supplies recommended for the BeagleBone are all
>> switching-mode power supplies, so the ATX supply should work just fine.
>>
>> Note that you do need to have enough load on the supply for it to
>> operate properly, there are different 'flavors' of ATX supplies and they
>> have different minimum load specifications.  Also note that the 5V aux.
>> supply (that is on all the time) is rated for 2A on almost all recent
>> ATX supplies.  I plan on running the 'Bone off the 5V aux. rail so it's
>> on all the time, and using the switched 5V and 12V to drive my 3D
>> printer so "machine power" is only active when I'm printing something.
>> I haven't done this yet with the 'Bone, but it's how I had the Arduino
>> controller hooked up, and it worked fine.
>>
>> Also, if you're _only_ using the 5V aux supply for the 'Bone, you don't
>> need to worry about turning the ATX supply on or having a proper load on
>> the higher-current 5V and 12V lines.  Just hook up two wires and you're
>> done.  :)
>>
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