ear
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Cable to split power and data

Mon Dec 21, 2015 2:43 am

I have an older pi that cant power my wifi antennna. I have a power bank that can provide 1 amp from both its usb outputs simultaneously. What cable do I need to power the antenna from the power banks other usb slot (the first one will power the pi itself)?

gregeric
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Re: Cable to split power and data

Mon Dec 21, 2015 7:08 am

If it's a Rev 1 Pi (no mounting holes) a neater solution may be to replace one of the USB 140mA polyfuses with a wire link, as effectively they did for the Rev 2.

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