Power strip wiring

[cturts]

Hey!
One more question, I tried searching power strip but nothing all that specific comes up, so just wondering;

Once again, I got a great diagram from Rodocop but as I'm using the adafruit powerboost it's not quite the same.
I've watched the bits a bunch of times on the video tutorials but just cannot figure out where on the powerboost to solder the power strip to.

Am I right in thinking it would go to the G & 5v holes next to the pwr LED?

From there would the power switch go from the enable on the powerboost, and gook up to the ground on the power strip? As there's only two ground pins on the Adafruit model, one being used by the micro USB in and the other by the power strip, hopefully that's along the right lines

Haha, thanks very much! just don't wanna get it wrong in the power part and go burning the place down lol

Thanks!

[rodocop]

Assuming you are using the powerboost 1000c or 500c, run en and ground to the switch. En in the middle, and gnd on the EDIT left. Have a look at wermys guide since he uses the powerboost. You can supply power to the power strip from and 5v and and ground point of the power boost. Right where you can attach the full size usb is a 5v and ground. And on the strip on the side there is another 5v and gnd.

[cturts]

Awesome thank you, then last thing for now haha, my rasp pi zero w doesn't have pad numbers, so would I put the power and ground from the power strip to the [Run] pads? The square one being the ground?

I've got the power switch and micro usb breakout working but just wanna check that the next thing I wanna do is go power strip then rasp pi and screen, when that arrives.

Man one day, someone will be able to make a build simply from your answers haha, gotta love a good forum!

[rodocop]

heres a quick diagram showing where to connect power to the pi, as well as USB data pads. the new zero W's dont have labelled pads. the older pi zero 1.3 do have them all labelled, not sure why they changed it.

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[rodocop]

Man one day, someone will be able to make a build simply from your answers haha, gotta love a good forum!

Thanks! i try to help as best I can!

[mattmikemo]

If I opt to use a prototyping board or copper tape instead of the power strip, will any prototyping board work?

[cturts]

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Thanks once again Rodocop, so, if I'm using the pins on the back of that micro usb for power (I won't be using the green and white ones, think I'm going to stick with my idea of cutting into the gameboy shell a little and let the OTG microusb poke out)
Can I take the pwr only usb off? that way it will sit nicer against the edge, if so do you know of any ways of doing that? I'd end up just trying to heat up the solder around it while pulling it away I guess?

Thanks man!

[rodocop]

If I opt to use a prototyping board or copper tape instead of the power strip, will any prototyping board work?

Pretty much anything you can solder to will work. I use strip board.

[rodocop]

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Thanks once again Rodocop, so, if I'm using the pins on the back of that micro usb for power (I won't be using the green and white ones, think I'm going to stick with my idea of cutting into the gameboy shell a little and let the OTG microusb poke out)
Can I take the pwr only usb off? that way it will sit nicer against the edge, if so do you know of any ways of doing that? I'd end up just trying to heat up the solder around it while pulling it away I guess?

Thanks man!

I kinda don't understand. Pp1 and pp6 are where you will provide power to the pi. From your power source. If you want to go the usb otg route and you have space. Just plug it in to the data usb port and run it to where you want in the case.

If you need to solder it to the pi. You will need to solder green and white where I indicated and power to anywhere that provides 5v power.

[cturts]

I guess I mean, if I solder to PP1 & 6 for the power, can I then remove the physical usb piece that is on top of that bit?
Would that break any circuits or anything?
It would just make it sit nicer in the case for the hdmi and the one usb port.

I only keep mentioning the OTG thing to try to refer to which one haha, as one is power only and says pwr on it, the other one can take data too and says usb on it. numbers would definitely have been better lol