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Originally Posted by Foster
I'd use the 12v-5v converter to power the unit. The converter gives 5A, more than enough to run the Pi. The port on the distribution board gives out 3A, but with the camera on it, you have less than an amp left over. I've been running Pi's for awhile, they want a rock solid 5 volts, and 800ma to do high levels of computation, like video routines.
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Won't the 5V converter already be powering the D-Link? Or can it provide for both?
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Originally Posted by Mr_smith
I would be careful interfacing with the RPi, though. Micro usb powers the board with 5V in, but voltage drops to 3.3V and most of the chips on the board are regulated at 3.3V. In/out pins are unprotected, meaning that if you put a 5V signal on a pin, you might fry the pin.
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We're only using power and ethernet. But I'll keep that in mind.
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Originally Posted by Kyle R
We are using Raspberry Pi's for our vision processing. To power them I made a custom power supply PCB with USB connectors to power up to 5 RPi's. If you want I can send you the files for it.
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We don't have equipment to build PCBs
Are they commercially available?