> > *The dongle on adaifruit requires you to provide the 5volt dc power > supply.. It's just a passive adapter..* > > *but it got my thinking about the spagetti mess of 7 bbb's i have in the > corner for 24/7 testing. ;)* > > *Regards,* >
Ah ok, yeah I did not realize it was only a power injector. I assumed it was somehow stepping down 48VDC to 5V. So for your spaghetti mess, why not get, or design a "power rail" like some do in data with many rack system, but instead of 12, 5, and 3.3, just do 5 volts ;) On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 7:26 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]> wrote: > OK, so I'm not an EE, even though I do have a lot of experience with many > form of electronics, and definitely some with PoE too . . . But I'd think > that it should not be unheard of to get the price of a PoE cape down to > under $20USD. *That* would be useful to some I'm sure. > > On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 7:15 PM, Robert Nelson <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 8:13 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> *It was also the right decision... over the life of this forum, only 17 >>>> topics related to POE:* >>>> >>>> >>>> *https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/beagleboard/POE >>>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21searchin/beagleboard/POE>* >>>> >>>> *i think i spam more topics in the average week..* >>>> >>>> *Regards,* >>> >>> I would imagine most people would rather not spend the extra cost of PoE >>> if they could avoid it. Even if somehow Gerald miraculously got the price >>> down to ~$6 like the cost of that dongle you posted a link to Robert . . . >>> Usually, PoE items cost a lot more, which has me thinking that dongle is >>> somehow suspect . . . >>> >> >> The dongle on adaifruit requires you to provide the 5volt dc power >> supply.. It's just a passive adapter.. >> >> but it got my thinking about the spagetti mess of 7 bbb's i have in the >> corner for 24/7 testing. ;) >> >> Regards, >> >> -- >> Robert Nelson >> https://rcn-ee.com/ >> >> -- >> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "BeagleBoard" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
