The Raspberry Pi Thread

[Depicus]

I just used my mobile phone charger and its been working fine for weeks, but then I don't own an iPhone with its crazy connector just a standard usb micro charger that all my phones usually use

... or buy a micro usb connector to apple 30 pin and get the best of both worlds :)

[cybertimber2008]

Does anyone have a part number for the correct power supply that works with the B revision?

No part number. You just need any micro USB charger that supplies 700ma-1200ma of power.

[ahhell]

No idea sorry but I plugged mine into the routers usb port and it's been fine if that helps.

Umm...the documentation that comes with the Pi says specifically to NOT do this.

[Depicus]

Umm...the documentation that comes with the Pi says specifically to NOT do this.

Opps didn't read the documents..... will have to dig them out and read them now then :)

[ahhell]

I did find this though: http://elinux.org/RPi_VerifiedPeripherals#Power_adapters

It turns out that my old cell phone charger and my Touchpad chargers will work. SCORE!

[Glassed Silver]

Gah!!!!!!!!!! The power supplies that I ordered aren't even close to being correct. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

Does anyone have a part number for the correct power supply that works with the B revision?

Ouch! Tough luck!

Part number? Sure: HNP06-MicroUSB

No idea sorry but I plugged mine into the routers usb port and it's been fine if that helps.

No no, not good! Stop it!

... or buy a micro usb connector to apple 30 pin and get the best of both worlds :)

Lol... or just connect a regular micro USB to USB cable to the iPhone charger wall adapter? :p

Umm...the documentation that comes with the Pi says specifically to NOT do this.

Hallelujah... Another one who read the documentation! :p

Got bored waiting, too? Wanted to kill some over-excitement and calm yourself by reading all you can beforehand, too? :laugh:

I did find this though: http://elinux.org/RP...#Power_adapters

It turns out that my old cell phone charger and my Touchpad chargers will work. SCORE!

Uh huh, that's the case for pretty much most smartphone chargers, provided they have the same port/you have an adapter.

No wonder the touchpad charger will work. :)

Glassed Silver:mac

[CPressland]

Well I tested out the new Raspian last night, the new hardfp is going to make life a lot easier for devs and the performance was 10 times better than previously. Good work PiPeople!

[The_Observer]

looking at building a piratebox with one of these.

[CPressland]

looking at building a piratebox with one of these.

You mean like SabNZBd + Sickbeard or something?! What is that?

[The_Observer]

You mean like SabNZBd + Sickbeard or something?! What is that?

http://wiki.daviddarts.com/PirateBox

[CPressland]

http://wiki.daviddarts.com/PirateBox

Oh... don't see much use for that myself, thats what VPNs are for!

[The_Observer]

Oh... don't see much use for that myself, thats what VPNs are for!

Um nooooooo, i think you missed the point of the site!

PirateBox is a self-contained mobile communication and file sharing device. Simply turn it on to transform any space into a free and open communications and file sharing network.

[CPressland]

Ad-hoc network with one Laptop running Apache2 and PHP. Same diff man!

[articuno1au]

How have you guys found this guy for 1080p playback?

I'm really enjoying my XBox as a media center except that it won't handle mkv or DTS down-mixing :(

I'm just wondering how you guys have found it before I go and buy one >.<

[CPressland]

How have you guys found this guy for 1080p playback?

I'm really enjoying my XBox as a media center except that it won't handle mkv or DTS down-mixing :(

I'm just wondering how you guys have found it before I go and buy one >.<

Watched Advent Children Complete in 1080p with DTS audio the other day on it using Raspbmc and it worked amazing! However, with the new build supporting hardfp we should see a 35% improvement in h.264 related stuffs.

[Detection]

Umm...the documentation that comes with the Pi says specifically to NOT do this.

What does it say not to use the routers USB port for ? (Don't have mine yet )

[CPressland]

What does it say not to use the routers USB port for ? (Don't have mine yet )

You shouldn't Power the Raspberry Pi from a Router.

[Detection]

You shouldn't Power the Raspberry Pi from a Router.

lol, thanks :D

[CPressland]

lol, thanks :D

I've been powering the RPi from my TV and it's very unstable compared with mains power.

[Crisp]

I've been powering the RPi from my TV and it's very unstable compared with mains power.

Get some solar :laugh:

[n_K]

'Watched Advent Children Complete in 1080p with DTS audio the other day on it using Raspbmc and it worked amazing! However, with the new build supporting hardfp we should see a 35% improvement in h.264 related stuffs.'

Afaik there shouldn't be any difference, h.264 is offloaded to the GPU so hard or soft float wouldn't matter?

'What does it say not to use the routers USB port for ? (Don't have mine yet )'

I've found that rubbish. I can power mine from my PC (if it can charge an ipod or ipad that you've got at least 5V~1Amp output) and a 0.5A dictaphone device, both power it FINE, even running slightly overclocked, no stability issues.

[Detection]

I've been powering the RPi from my TV and it's very unstable compared with mains power.

I guess they know what they're talking about, I've got a MicroUSB Nokia charger 5v 1200mA just sitting doing nothing because I use the PC to charge my phone so it will be put to good use

But the router USB was my original idea too

[CPressland]

Afaik there shouldn't be any difference, h.264 is offloaded to the GPU so hard or soft float wouldn't matter?

I was basing it on this:

[n_K]

Slightly faster h.264 encode...

If I'm honest, I've been on the gentoo hard-float since I got it, and it's just darn slow. It might be an improvement over a soft-float, but don't have high expectations of it.

[CPressland]

Well, Raspbian over Debian is a massive performance improvement. Either way 1080p video is pretty darn stable at the moment.