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Hi;

The PITS comes with a battery pack, does this power just the PITS or does this also somehow power the Pi.
I am using a Pi Zero - just received a new version from Pi Hut with a camera adaptor

Thanks

Bill

It would be a very stupid design if we didn't power the Pi from the same battery supply!

Also, as I'm sure you've noticed, if you power the Pi from the Micro USB power socket then the PITS board powers up to. This is a clue that the two device share the power supply lines.

Finally, if you read any of the instructions on the web site, or the manual, then you will see that we recommend powering either from the Pi micro USB power socket or from the battery pack; we never ask or suggest using both at the same time.

Dave

Dave;

As ever thanks for the response.

I knew that the Pi could power HAT boards from its GPIO pins but I wasn't sure if a HAT board could supply power to the Pi in the reverse manner, hence the question.

I am hoping for a 22 June launch so it's all go at the mo

Bill

The pins are metal, they don't have a "direction".