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[3058132083]

These two chips only have different output currents in the manual. I would like to know if cheaper TPS65185 can be used instead of TPS651851

[seishinkouki]

Roughly, if your panel size lower then 9", tps65185 is acceptable 小尺寸面板可以用65185

[vroland]

Indeed, they are functionally equivalent, except that the TPS651851 has better performance. Make sure to get the RSLR version though, because there is also an RGZ which has a larger package and won't fit.

[martinberlin]

Interesting issue! Since epdiy has now also a hardware repository I suggest that further issues about hardware can be discussed directly there. In my opinion the best would be to make a page in the WiKi section on the hardware side, that can be edited without making commits, etc (Or yes it does but internally and works just like a WiKi Content manager) and there we build a nice table with possible alternatives. Like @vroland mentioned above the most important thing is that the replacement part has the same footprint.

Proposed format in Hardware WiKi: https://github.com/vroland/epdiy-hardware/wiki/Alternative-components Feel free to expand and add a new column to the table if needed.

[vroland]

@martinberlin I think putting the wiki page into a markdown file that's also built into the pages website. That makes it easier for people to make a PR for that file to add new suggestions. In my experience, the wiki is also a bit hard to find.