DVK511 Power Supply

My CanaKit DVK511 Raspberry Pi Expansion Board did not come with a AC adapter. Does anyone know where I can buy one or at least what I should look for (e.g. size, power requirements) on Amazon/Ebay/etc.?

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Robert Peter Oakes over 10 years ago

at the top right it can be clearly be seen that the power requirement is 5V
so a 5V say 2A power brick should do the trick, if you cant find one with a barrel then use a standard USB based wall brick, cut off the USB adapter and solder in an appropriate barrel plug for the unit
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Former Member over 10 years ago in reply to Robert Peter Oakes

The problem is that I am not good at soldering. Because of medicine I have to take, a side effect is that I end up having shaky hands. Though this isn't a big soldering job, as a rule, I don't solder.

Should I just go over to RadioShack (while they still exist) and ask for help?
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Former Member over 10 years ago in reply to Robert Peter Oakes

The problem is that I am not good at soldering. Because of medicine I have to take, a side effect is that I end up having shaky hands. Though this isn't a big soldering job, as a rule, I don't solder.

Should I just go over to RadioShack (while they still exist) and ask for help?
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Robert Peter Oakes over 10 years ago in reply to Former Member

well the power supply you need is pretty standard so you should be able to get one easy enough https://www.pololu.com/product/1461 or use an adapter like this https://www.sparkfun.com/products/8639
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