I was running a RPi,HUB,Keyboard,mouse and Arduino on a 700ma Nokia PSU! Plenty of head room I think .....well ish!
John A --- On Tue, 3/7/12, Stephen Usher <[email protected]> wrote: From: Stephen Usher <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Rasberry Pi arrived To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, 3 July, 2012, 12:48 On 24/06/2012 16:17, Tony Firshman wrote: > The Pi powers off a USB socket and outputs video via an HDMI socket. > Both these should be on modern LCD TVs. > That is why they did it this way I am sure. Tony, actually, the power supply port was designed for Nokia chargers and requires a great deal more power than USB's standard 500mA allows, so you can't power it directly from a normal USB port. Steve _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
