Kitman
Full time elf
Since I am going to be having my whole show run from multiple Raspberry Pi's I need to have them in or near my control boxes.
I have already sorted this out for my 12v control boxes by ways of a 12v to 5v DC converter which has the Micro USB on the 5v side that plugs into the Raspberry Pi, however for the 1 set of 5v lights I was thinking of having a 5v regulator connected to the power supply before the Micro USB cable just to make sure that the voltage going to the raspberry pi is as close to 5v as possible so as to make sure no damage is caused to the pi and also so that the pi doesn't go low voltage on me and turn off mid show.
Unfortunately I am not knowledgeable enough with electronics to design a simple voltage regulator circuit to do this job, I think I will need 1 or 2 capacitors and an actual voltage regulator of some kind, however all of the stuff I look up refers to dropping the voltage from some higher voltage down to 5v but I am going from 5v to 5v, I just want to smooth out the voltage to make sure it's 5v.
Hoping someone can provide me with a simple circuit that I can solder up with a few parts from Jaycar or the like.
I have already sorted this out for my 12v control boxes by ways of a 12v to 5v DC converter which has the Micro USB on the 5v side that plugs into the Raspberry Pi, however for the 1 set of 5v lights I was thinking of having a 5v regulator connected to the power supply before the Micro USB cable just to make sure that the voltage going to the raspberry pi is as close to 5v as possible so as to make sure no damage is caused to the pi and also so that the pi doesn't go low voltage on me and turn off mid show.
Unfortunately I am not knowledgeable enough with electronics to design a simple voltage regulator circuit to do this job, I think I will need 1 or 2 capacitors and an actual voltage regulator of some kind, however all of the stuff I look up refers to dropping the voltage from some higher voltage down to 5v but I am going from 5v to 5v, I just want to smooth out the voltage to make sure it's 5v.
Hoping someone can provide me with a simple circuit that I can solder up with a few parts from Jaycar or the like.