Stereopi power over gpio headers
Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2021 7:06 pm
Hi,
I plan to enclosure my Stereopi and need a button to turn it on and off. I will have no access to the power switch.
My first plan has been to use the onoff shim by pimoroni (https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/onoff-shim) which powers the stereopi through the gpio headers, with a button to shutdown and kill power. I have had some unreliability with it so far (failing to kill power, or scripts crashing). Is there anything I need to be aware of?
The second option was to use a button on GPIO headers to do a shutdown and start up, with power via jst connector, however this wont remove the power so the stereopi remains in idle, which isn't ideal.
Is there a third way that I haven't thought of?
Thanks for any suggestions
I plan to enclosure my Stereopi and need a button to turn it on and off. I will have no access to the power switch.
My first plan has been to use the onoff shim by pimoroni (https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/onoff-shim) which powers the stereopi through the gpio headers, with a button to shutdown and kill power. I have had some unreliability with it so far (failing to kill power, or scripts crashing). Is there anything I need to be aware of?
The second option was to use a button on GPIO headers to do a shutdown and start up, with power via jst connector, however this wont remove the power so the stereopi remains in idle, which isn't ideal.
Is there a third way that I haven't thought of?
Thanks for any suggestions