Yes, it works and probably is safe, but there is the chance of some component requiring more power during startup and thus draining power so the pi does not get enough, turning if off in this process, which can corrupt your sd card.Mischief wrote:Looking at wermy's guide (http://sudomod.com/game-boy-zero-guide-part-3/) he did the same as me to power the screen, My screen had a common ground for VS1, VS2 and power hidden inside the block so I looped main ground to video ground (simulating the original cable block)
I may be wrong, but if there is an intended pin for power supply, why not use it to be safe?
Here you go: http://www.extremeelectronics.co.uk/wp- ... pinout.jpgMischief wrote: Which GPIO pins can I use to power external devices? I have a small usb hub to test and I don't want to hook it up to the same pads for testing.
Because in the beginning those Zeros were really really rare, so to make sure everyone interested gets at least one, there were restrictions.Tamasco wrote:Anyone knows why there is this policy?
Now, there is no real need for this, since they are producing a lot of them every month.