V10lator Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 I know the RPi is pretty limited on the GPIO pins. Now my question is how it looks on Le Potato, i.E. is it possible to power a fan directly from the GPIO pins? Powering it from the 3.3 V line seems to work just fine but I fear damaging hardware by trying to connect it to a GPIO instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyMac32 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 The GPIO pins are very low current, 3-5 mA if I remember correctly. I don't think you'll damage the SoC, but it certainly won't drive a fan if my memory is correct.Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinayotte Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 A simple MOSFET, such AO3402, should do the job ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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