Easy 5V Power Supply for OpenCockpits Cards

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Originally Posted by stevem

Hi Hg,

I looked into that, too, but I seem to recall that the cell phone charger I had was 6V. It probably sounds trivial, but I had no idea if 6V would be 1V too much for the OC board. I just didn't want to take a chance.

And, soldering it to the master card… well, yes, that works. I just like plugs, for easy assembly/disassembly in the future.

Thanks for your input!

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Some charger has 6v unloaded, when you put a charge, the voltage drops to 5v. Try measuring connecting a lamp.....
Regards.
Horacio.

I can recommend checking LED strip power supply from ebay. they have a great size/form, are available in 5, 12, 24, 36, 48, ... volts with max currents from 2A to 60A for not much money!
Look for LED strip power supply on ebay!

Wow great info! Thanks