Blinking Red Light Of Death
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@Efriim Well here's the thing. The very first time I hooked everything up, the power LED was blue and blue means it's working. Meaning, I probably just have a low battery
Yeah the last thing I want is to damage a pi. I have like 3 other projects to make for this reverse career fair and lest I waste $30 from a silly mistake
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@Efriim This is actually pretty funny. I like that your profile picture is of an xbox 360 given the title of this post
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@taiJones00 I was looking for a picture to use in the retroarch-assets on my computer and the idea that raspberry pi succeeded the xbox360 made me laugh. Because of pi, like circles.
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@Efriim Ah! I get it!
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@taiJones00
They definitely have a penchant for red rings of death. How about yours? Is the battery working now? -
@Efriim Interesting. The light was blue for like 1 second and now it's back to blinking red. My guess is once I leave it be for about an hour, it should be working
Mounting my components to the case in the meantime
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@taiJones00
It looks like my previous figures were off, and the powerboost can only push 1.8Amps not 2.5Amps.1.8 might be like the minimum requirement for the RPI3B+ with a Screen attached, I'm sorry but I just don't think it is enough, and if it was then it would likely encounter problems as soon as the wifi and bluetooth turned on. Which may be why it was blue for only a second.
A different battery probably wouldn't help here as it is limited to the powerboost module. And the 9V battery is probably just a bad idea, as I couldn't find that reference.
I think the Pi2 is a better choice because all though you lose the wireless capabilites it will run reliably without the need for a fan because it uses less power.
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@Efriim I see. I've got a pi 2 on my desk as well. I'll try that one if the pi 3 b+ doesn't work within the next 2 hours
@taiJones00 Can you post the link that says the pi 3 b+s power requirements?
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@taiJones00
https://www.pidramble.com/wiki/benchmarks/power-consumptionhttps://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/hardware/raspberrypi/power/README.md
M'hmm I didn't read the benchmarks before. -
@Efriim It's alive! You beautiful person you fixed it! Now i've just got to figure out how long the battery will last for and how to tell when it's at full charge
Now we know that a 3 b+ can indeed be powered with a powerboost 1000c
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@taiJones00
https://forums.adafruit.com/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=77277
The screens use 100mA according to this source, there may be hope I guess.Maybe I was completely wrong, about 1.8A capabilities seeing as the other forums read they only get 1A and how 940mA+100mA sort of fits into its gap.
...oh, yay!
In that case, I think it could possiblly benefit from small modifications in the OS as well as possibly a 4.2V battery for reliability.
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@Efriim Yep. I'll handle the rest of the research. You've done more than enough. Thanks bud
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