D1 is to protect against short circuit for the Voltage regulator. D2 is to protect against short circuit for the input to Rpi. You can use 1N4001, but 1N4008 has a higher rating.
Why are you planning to build this circuit without the transformer?
Stepping down from 9V adapter. My previous Samsung 5V 0.7A adapter didn't work properly. Same with 1A from Vztech USB hub and 2A adapter from media player. Reading fluctuating voltage at TP1/TP2. On one adapter pendrive kept getting mounted and unmounted. On other occasions USB keyboard also went dead in mid use (works on PC).
Thanks for info about D1 & D2. Can't find 1N4008 so I bought the 1N4007
This post has been edited by totally_skint: Apr 15 2013, 09:05 PM
the samsung original travel adapter is actually quite good and stable for my use. try to replace the cable. the microusb connector got faulty sometime.
Actually tried 3 Samsung adapter - two with its own attached cable one with separate microUSB cable. Two USB cables tried with same result. Of the Vztech and media player adapter plugged into Vztech adapter and fed power via microUSB cable one of them gave wildly fluctuating voltage reading (can't remember which - wrote down somewhere). Vztech hub cut 5V line to give no backfeed via Pi USB ports.
So, I thought I'd build a regulator circuit to rule out power supply problems.
Any one here want to really overkill on the cooling? Try full submersion cooling like the mineral oil method. Or for kick-ass bragging rights use Fluorinert from 3M instead.
This one uses 3M Novec 7000 for cooling Just watch the CPU boil!
This post has been edited by totally_skint: May 1 2013, 11:40 PM
My Pi which I got last November has never really worked properly, something I put down to the power supply I used (two Samsung h/p 0.7A, one Samsung tablet 2A, two no name 1A & 2A) Finally built my own and still getting no more than 4.4V at TP1/TP2. (It slowly drops to 4.2 when it starts rebooting) Checked resistance of F3 polyfuse and got a whopping 1.6 Ohm.
I once had the polyfuse blown and it takes a long time to recover... once recovered, everything was back to normal...
It's been nearly two months since I last tried it out and the behaviour is the same only this time I'm using my own PSU. I only measured the F3 resistance this time around.
Just email them. Explain in detail about your problem. Some photos will help. Then they will investigate and if they decide to accept your claim, they will arrange collection of your Pi from you.
i hope everybody is over 18, if not then you shouldn't be reading this
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Sadly, I'm pretty late to the party, but I'll share what I use it for. Please stop reading if you're not over 18. I have software that monitors heart-rate and skin temperature. It also drives a few vibrators. I tie my spouse to the bed, attach the heart rate monitor and skin temp gauge, and place the vibrators in sensitive spots and then execute my program(s). I have a T&D program. It brings her very close to orgasm, then stops, or slows so she doesn't climax, then restarts when her heart rate drops below a certain point. It's pretty good at edging her. I have a FO program that makes her climax repeatedly, increasing the intensity until it maxes out (and she almost passes out.) I have a pure tease program that just makes her really horny without doing any edging. These programs are specific to her. We ran many scenes where I just recorded the sensors against self-reported levels of arousal so I could tailor the program to bring her to specific heights of arousal. It works pretty well. When she's tied and in a T&D scenario, she gets quite desperate to climax. The arousal program works well to get her to the aggressive-horny stage. We're still working on the FO program. The vibrators I have aren't strong enough to keep her climaxing after the first few. Anyway, that's how I use my PI.
X-rated Pi! It was inevitable I guess. But it does nothing for the guy unless he's a voyeur.
I wonder what the people at the Raspberry Pi Foundation makes of it.
Can someone explain to me what T&D and FO means (you can PM is it's too ahem, ahem... )
Well, my Pi has been collected by GDex late yesterday. Now waiting for my replacement.
The GDex dispatch guy couldn't find my house and just left it at that. No calls, nothing. They seem to be too cheap to make calls. Same with delivery. Any one got this problem or is it just this local branch?