Re: Raspberry Pi Zero W almost useless
Ramiro Aceves <[email protected]>
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El 9/2/24 a las 15:20, Michael escribió: > Hello, > > On Fri, 9 Feb 2024 06:25:56 +0100 > Ramiro Aceves <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> I have also the same problem that I had with the chineese 8188FTV, as >>>> soon I connect it to the raspberry pi it reboots inmediately. In the >>>> next reboot it works fine. It occurs the same in another Zero W that I >>>> own with Raspbian and a different power supply. So I doubt that the >>>> culprit is the power supply. The Zero W seems to be a very flaky device >>>> in terms of power supply. >>>> >>> A powered hub should fix that, when a device is plugged directly into the >>> raspberry pis usb (IIRC only 300mA is available) it can cause reboots. >>> >> >> Oh yes, that would be a right technical fix for the problem but it's a >> bit of an aberration in terms of cost and size to use a powered HUB with >> its own power supply to fix a little thing like the ZeroW, you know.... ;-) > > Just use the hub to power the Pi. I used to do that wit the Pi1 and 2. > > have fun > Michael It is a good idea, I never thought it could work. Many thanks