The usual scare, suddenly the SB3 stops working... Turns out the SB3 was not dead. Only its PSU had decided it was time to go.
Years ago I had the same issue (on another unit), I got a PSU out of AMZN, supposedly "made for SB" and clearly it was not.
More recently (for yet another unit) I made my own USB to barrel connector cable and used an USB power port available next to the SB3. Works fine.
I'm contemplating my options, between:
1 - a USB-barrel cord + some redundant mobile/iThing charger
2 - a Raspberry Pi PSU (pretty good and inexpensive, IMHO) to which I would solder a barrel connector. AFAIK this PSU delivers 5.1V rather than 5.0V
Do you have an opinion or a go-to solution for this? I'm only interested in a cheap and compact solution.
Thanks in advance.
Years ago I had the same issue (on another unit), I got a PSU out of AMZN, supposedly "made for SB" and clearly it was not.
More recently (for yet another unit) I made my own USB to barrel connector cable and used an USB power port available next to the SB3. Works fine.
I'm contemplating my options, between:
1 - a USB-barrel cord + some redundant mobile/iThing charger
2 - a Raspberry Pi PSU (pretty good and inexpensive, IMHO) to which I would solder a barrel connector. AFAIK this PSU delivers 5.1V rather than 5.0V
Do you have an opinion or a go-to solution for this? I'm only interested in a cheap and compact solution.
Thanks in advance.