USB port spec only calls for supplying 500mA. Since the Pis may be drawing a lot more than that, you may not be getting 5v even if enough current is supplied. You may have corrupted SD cards. Yes, I agree. You cannot power the PI 2 (nor the PI 3) from a usb port; just not going to work. This gets v...

Dis93 wrote:Didn't you mention, on the Reddit thread you posted, you had your Pis on the carpet...

Nope, I was standing on a carpet and then went to the table where the Pi was sitting. However, I believe I would have discharged before as I have to pull on a metal chair to sit down.

I'm currently building a project that requires PWM and I saw that Pi-Blaster does exactly what I need. However, I've seen reports that people are having issues getting it working with newer versions of Pi 2's and images of Rasbian. Is anyone currently using it with the newest version of Rasbian? I c...

I had just bought a Pi 2 and everything was working fine. I had it powered via my Macbook USB and was simply running a VNC client to do some basic work. I unplug the Pi and then go to boot it up again, and nothing. Both the red and green lights stayed on. I booted my Zero up with the same card and i...