Preparing Power Supply for My Raspberry Pi 3

15 Jul 2016

I have been preparing power supply and downloading Raspbian...

I have this old tablet charger with 5V 2A output capability which is perfect to power up Raspberry Pi3. But the charger doesn't come with micro USB connector, I have to hack this with micro USB cable.

Again, the problem is that micro USB cables are not handling 2A current, I am talking about generic micro USB cables for mobile data sync and power, I don't own high quality high current micro USB cable...

Another option is buying micro USB connector, which i can't buy 1 or 2 in quantity and it's bit expensive for this hack, so, the only option i have is to hack the existing micro USB cable connector like the picture below...

That was successful and I am going to solder it and test it with Rpi 3...

I will let you know all how this will go... ... ...

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jw0752 over 8 years ago +1

Hi Antony, Hacking these molded cables is always a challenge. Looks like you did a good job of cutting it down. John

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jw0752 over 8 years ago

Hi Antony,
Hacking these molded cables is always a challenge. Looks like you did a good job of cutting it down.
John
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jw0752 over 8 years ago

Hi Antony,
Hacking these molded cables is always a challenge. Looks like you did a good job of cutting it down.
John
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tonyboubady over 8 years ago in reply to jw0752

Thank you John.
My cable mold was soft, so it was easy... hard molds are there, i don't know how hard it will be...
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