Powering a 10V-36V amp with the GPIO - Raspberry Pi Forums
hey all, new flesh on site , i've got question. i'm putting htpc raspberry pi running xbmc, 1 tb hard drive, , old amp (10v-36v dc) friend. i've got 5v micro-usb power supply element14 power thing, , want wire of innards have 1 power cord worry about. possible power amp off pi using gpio pins, without burning out board? can program thing activate appropriate pins when turns on, i'm none familiar electrical engineering, , google talks lot powering raspberry pi through gpio, not other way around. information have appreciated. - dan i'm afraid not. pi supply few 100 ma @ 5v on gpios. i'd expect amp need lot more power (regardless of voltage disparity). raspberrypi