Anonymous
8/20/2025, 11:49:46 PM
No.106328735
>>106328664
Sadly not, I've got a PSU ages ago for what felt like a lot of money back then that has a detachable tip with various barrel jack sizes and a variable voltage. Been using that ever since.
>I also got the silicone USB-C cable when I was ordering the Pinecil directly from Pine64, though idk if there are dedicated Pinecil DC barrel jack chargers with a silicone cable
The issue with USB-C is that the cable power rating is determined by a small chip inside the cable, so unless the cable supports it, it'll flat refuse to send the power through. Makes sense to protect low spec cables, but noone know what cable can handle what PD protocols, so as an end user it's fucking annoying as shit.
>and I doubt there's much sense in USB-C>DC jack cables
Yeah don't bother.
If you have a pinecil, I'd use the USB-C PD rather than a barrel jack, the reason I use one is just because the TS100 didn't have usb-c yet (it still has micro USB for firmware flashing).
Try to get a PD3.1 cable and a sufficiently strong brick. If you have a laptop, that can be a decent inbetween option, my laptop power brick is like 60W, not ideal, but good that's still a 2x improvement over the 30W. If you already have it, give it a try, worst case it doesn't work, best case it's enough.
>>106328665
I'd just kms with 12w.
Memes aside, if you do SMD or thin wire, it'll still work, just the second you have a mid sized heat sink somewhere, or a larger pad or something you'll really feel the pain.
Sadly not, I've got a PSU ages ago for what felt like a lot of money back then that has a detachable tip with various barrel jack sizes and a variable voltage. Been using that ever since.
>I also got the silicone USB-C cable when I was ordering the Pinecil directly from Pine64, though idk if there are dedicated Pinecil DC barrel jack chargers with a silicone cable
The issue with USB-C is that the cable power rating is determined by a small chip inside the cable, so unless the cable supports it, it'll flat refuse to send the power through. Makes sense to protect low spec cables, but noone know what cable can handle what PD protocols, so as an end user it's fucking annoying as shit.
>and I doubt there's much sense in USB-C>DC jack cables
Yeah don't bother.
If you have a pinecil, I'd use the USB-C PD rather than a barrel jack, the reason I use one is just because the TS100 didn't have usb-c yet (it still has micro USB for firmware flashing).
Try to get a PD3.1 cable and a sufficiently strong brick. If you have a laptop, that can be a decent inbetween option, my laptop power brick is like 60W, not ideal, but good that's still a 2x improvement over the 30W. If you already have it, give it a try, worst case it doesn't work, best case it's enough.
>>106328665
I'd just kms with 12w.
Memes aside, if you do SMD or thin wire, it'll still work, just the second you have a mid sized heat sink somewhere, or a larger pad or something you'll really feel the pain.