Getting 5V from the buddy board
It is pretty dark wher my prusa mini is. So I wanted to add a little led to the printbed to see the print. To power it I need a 5v power source on the buddy board!
On this picture of the Buddy board I see two Expansion ports. I know that the black one is for an esp upgrade. But fo what is the white port?
And my other question is: Can I use the 5v and gnd pins of the esp expansion port to power an led, without damaging the board and if yes what is the max current I can draw?
If no is there any other solution?
Thanks
RE: Getting 5V from the buddy board
Wait! Dont know if im using this forum correct.... Is this the right placf?
RE: Getting 5V from the buddy board
I believe so...
Joan
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RE: Getting 5V from the buddy board
On this picture of the Buddy board I see two Expansion ports. I know that the black one is for an esp upgrade. But fo what is the white port?
And my other question is: Can I use the 5v and gnd pins of the esp expansion port to power an led, without damaging the board and if yes what is the max current I can draw?
What makes you think there is 5V on the ESP connector? According to the schematic, there is 3.3V on that connector. I don't what the white port is for, but that also has 3.3V.
Connectors with 5V are the two fans, MINDA and filament sensor. You could splice off one of those. I wouldn't like to speculate on max current, I don't know what design parameters Prusa used for the PCB, the two fans probably draw about 400mA.
I think I would add my own DC converter and avoid any risk of overloading the Buddy board. How much does your LED need?
RE: Getting 5V from the buddy board
That would be my option, if you want to take a look at the schematic it is here: https://github.com/prusa3d/Buddy-board-MINI-PCB/blob/master/rev.1.0.0/BUDDY_v1.0.0.pdf 5V rail uses a LM25011MY rated for 2A https://www.avnet.com/shop/us/products/texas-instruments/lm25011my-nopb-3074457345627004464 but as said I would build my own power supply for the leds
Mini with FW:4.4.1 + SuperPINDA + Bondtech Heatbreak + PC4-M8 couplers + 1 piece boden
RE: Getting 5V from the buddy board
Ok, I declined to speculate, but "where angels fear to tread"... googling the datasheet is really not sufficient to give sound advice.
The LM25011MY itself has a MAX rating of 2A, but that doesn't mean it has sufficient cooling to be used at 2A on this particular board. Also, I checked the PCB layout in KiCad and the 5V traces on the PCB are NOT rated at 2A.
RE: Getting 5V from the buddy board
In case you are not using both USB ports you could also just use one of those. Either buy a little USB lamp or cut open a USB cable and wire up your own. Of course it's not as pretty but way less intrusive than getting your power somewhere directly from the board.
RE: Getting 5V from the buddy board
I totally agree 🙂 since we also not know the total budget already there on the 5 Volt rail and therefore not know for sure if it it feasible to add the leds.
TL;DR: IMHO build your own 5 Volt supply for the leds
Mini with FW:4.4.1 + SuperPINDA + Bondtech Heatbreak + PC4-M8 couplers + 1 piece boden
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@oxygen
Okay thanks for all of your replys!
The led is a 1W 3.3V Led. (I didnt assume that there is an 3.3V port, so I would have used an resistor)
But I dont want to take any risk and I have an dc-dc converter lying around.
Now my question is where on the board is a good 24V contact where i can get power for the led?
RE: Getting 5V from the buddy board
I have LED strip that plugs into USB, I just power it from nearest USB charger.