Help guys I've destroyed my pwr pad on the pi zero

[Mischief]

You can use the GPIO to power the pi there are many guides and projects that have done.

[Chisharpe]

You can use the GPIO to power the pi there are many guides and projects that have done.

By chance do you have a link to any of them

[tikiandskull]

http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/qu ... h-the-gpio

[Mischief]

You can use the GPIO to power the pi there are many guides and projects that have done.

By chance do you have a link to any of them

One on here uses GPIO to power:

http://www.sudomod.com/forum/viewtopic. ... it=advance

Also the adafruit pocket PiGRRL powers via gpio, A quick google search will give you more examples.

[144TECH]

Just do what i told you dude, or buy a new pi zero, that 10 bucks for a pi zero.. isnt worth all this ffing around, or just repair like i said. on my last pic you saw clearly the plus and minus pad on the other side, same side as the port is visible.. that works. no gpio nothing, just solder red and black there, i've marked it with red lines can't be easyer..

ONCE AGAIN ..



now plug in the usb adapter, and now measure with multimeter to be sure what's + and -

[JujuPi]

The little square to the right of the pad is the 5v trace - scratch it and solder to it. It will work - because I did it as well accidentally haha!

[moosepr]

the 2 5v pins on the GPIO are easy to solder to, and work fine

[JujuPi]

the 2 5v pins on the GPIO are easy to solder to, and work fine

Won't this be backfeeding? Or is the 5V line directly connected to the 5V pad?

[abrugsch]

So it can be used as a pwr in to pwr the pi?

In this context 5v is not directional, it's just a common rail. You can supply or draw on it anywhere. You might bypass some fuses doing though. Nothing to worry about

[moosepr]

In this context 5v is not directional, it's just a common rail. You can supply or draw on it anywhere. You might bypass some fuses doing though. Nothing to worry about

Don't the test pads on the bottom also bypass the fuses?