Raspberry PI Power

[Colin McGregor]

On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 8:48 PM, Scott Allen <mlxxxp-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On 3 August 2013 19:34, Colin McGregor <colin.mc151-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> So, it seems that the Raspberry PI just
>> can not support the power demands of the Ourlink WiFi dongle and a
>> Logitech Unifying receiver... Disappointing...
>
> What frequencies do the two devices use? Wireless keyboards and mice
> generally use the 2.4Ghz band. WiFi commonly uses the same, or 5Ghz.
>
> Is it possible that it's not a power problem at all, but that the two
> transceivers are on the same band and are in such close proximity that
> they are interfering with each other? If so, is it possible to put one
> on a USB extender cable to separate them, to see if it helps?

Good point, and one that I could check without spending $ (I had a
roughly 1meter / 3 foot USB extension cable in my parts bin). So, I've
tried the USB dongle at the end of the USB extension cable and the
Apple A1357 power supply. Result was the same... :-( .

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