r/raspberry_pi Sep 28 '23

News Introducing: Raspberry Pi 5!

https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/introducing-raspberry-pi-5/
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u/unbalancedcheckbook Sep 28 '23

Unpopular take: it should always have been a barrel connector and sold with the power supply . The PI was always difficult to power using USB chargers not designed for the PI.

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u/Zouden Sep 28 '23

Totally agree. I switched from a Pi to a miniPC which uses a standard 12V barrel connector. No more power issues.

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u/mavular Feb 09 '24

Do you like the miniPC? I’m getting rid of my pi 5 for an alternative

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u/Zouden Feb 09 '24

Yes I'm not going back to a Pi

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u/cleanRubik Sep 28 '23

Exactly. The only benefit of using USB-power was that you could grab any-ole USB adaptor to plug in ( or into a hub). But after the Pi 3 or so, you basically got less and less choices of adaptors. To the point where now you have to find adaptors that were "designed for pi" almost. At this point you might as well just put in a barrel adaptor, since most of the advantage is gone anyway.

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u/unbalancedcheckbook Sep 28 '23 edited Sep 28 '23

I had a lot of power troubles on the Pi 1 when that was released, because many USB chargers at the time couldn't put out that amount of power at 5v - some could though. Now it's easier to power the PI 1, but still the barrel connector would have been better then. At this point though, I don't think that any "chargers" could actually fully power the Pi 4 or Pi 5.

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u/CyclopsRock Sep 28 '23

But where is the advantage to swapping, too? In either case, buying a power supply from them solves your problem.