10-04-2016, 02:22 AM
(10-03-2016, 11:00 PM)Bluphire Wrote:(10-03-2016, 10:25 PM)Ghost Wrote:(10-03-2016, 08:37 PM)Bluphire Wrote:(10-03-2016, 07:05 PM)pfeerick Wrote:(10-03-2016, 12:30 PM)Bluphire Wrote: What does this do?
The MicroUSB connector has a max rating of 1.8A, and a lot of MicroUSB leads are pretty wimpy (wires too thin, poor conductivity contacts) , and will not provide the Pine64 with the necessary power when it is loaded up, leading to file corruption, random brownouts, reboots, etc. This cable plugs into the euler bus, and powers the pine64 via the power pins there.
And the USB Plugs into....?
An appropriately rated power supply (with female USB connector).
Ideally 1.8A or higher? How many amps is too many amps?
Ideally 2 amps and up. An amp is a unit of current. In getting the Pine to work, a power supply with 'too many amps' isn't an issue, only one that doesn't allow enough amps - enough units of current - to flow into the device. The amp rating on a power supply shows how many amps the unit is capable of providing - it doesn't force the connected device to accept all the amps it can provide. The device withdraws only what it needs.
