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Guide to setting up LiPo batteries on the Raspberry Pi
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Wiring from PowerBoost 1000c to RPi 3 B #48

Closed DarumasLegs closed 5 years ago

DarumasLegs commented 5 years ago

I have followed your instructions and diagrams as closely as I can, but I’m still not getting any power to my RPi 3 B. According to your embedded images, you do not indicate any wiring between the PowerBoost 1000C’s USB power out terminals (where the full-sized USB socket can be soldered) to the RPi 3 B’s micro USB power in ports (if needed, I intended to solder wires directly to the USB test pads on the bottom of the RPi 3 B to fit into a tighter case footprint). I noticed in the original Lipopi project there are wires going from the PowerBoost 100C USB power out to the RPi micro usb power in, but those same wires do not appear in your pictures. Do I need them? Should you update the images to show them? If I don’t need them, then how does the RPi receive 5V power?

jsinkers commented 5 years ago

You can either connect USB out from the PowerBoost board directly to the power micro USB of the Rpi, or you can use wires connecting PowerBoost 5V and GND to Rpi 5V and GND. I agree the images should show this in some way.