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07-04-2017, 12:41 PM (This post was last modified: 07-04-2017, 12:42 PM by Luke.)
(07-04-2017, 12:23 PM)wappi Wrote: Why wasn't Mirco-USB chosen for power supply?

Because it causes endless problems with people using poor (thin) microUSB cables and subpar PSUs (see early threads concerning the Pine64). People complained that the board doesn't work etc when they used their smartphone chargers - this is a way to assure this doesn't happen.
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Power Supply - by wappi - 07-04-2017, 12:23 PM
RE: Power Supply - by Luke - 07-04-2017, 12:41 PM
RE: Power Supply - by xalius - 07-04-2017, 01:35 PM
RE: Power Supply - by pfeerick - 07-04-2017, 10:15 PM
RE: Power Supply - by skipper - 09-23-2017, 10:45 PM
RE: Power Supply - by tllim - 09-25-2017, 12:02 AM
RE: Power Supply - by stephen fleming - 07-04-2017, 05:07 PM
RE: Power Supply - by zer0sig - 07-05-2017, 04:41 PM
RE: Power Supply - by Luke - 07-05-2017, 04:44 PM
RE: Power Supply - by jkmooney - 07-11-2017, 05:01 PM

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