04-29-2016, 01:49 PM
Man, you guys know a ton about this stuff! Your sharing of knowledge is greatly appreciated for us newcomers to the SBC world.
Regarding power through the Euler connector, how would you do that? Does that require a bench supply? Or is that using something like the DC-DC converter mentioned? Also, you mention only needing 2 pins, but could go to more. I assume 4 pins could flow more current? This may be a topic somewhere else already, so if it is, I apologize.
My goal to start with is use this thing for a media server, and I was going to plug in an external hard drive via the USB port. My concern is providing enough power that the hard drive could be powered as well. It doesn't have an option for external power, just gets it via USB, so that's why I'm so curious on this stuff.
Thanks again!
Regarding power through the Euler connector, how would you do that? Does that require a bench supply? Or is that using something like the DC-DC converter mentioned? Also, you mention only needing 2 pins, but could go to more. I assume 4 pins could flow more current? This may be a topic somewhere else already, so if it is, I apologize.
My goal to start with is use this thing for a media server, and I was going to plug in an external hard drive via the USB port. My concern is providing enough power that the hard drive could be powered as well. It doesn't have an option for external power, just gets it via USB, so that's why I'm so curious on this stuff.
Thanks again!
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