PoE

[CrossbowMarty]

HI,

Am new to the forum but have had a bit of a surf around. Was wondering if it would be possible to power a VoCore with PoE?

Has anyone attempted this?


Regards
Marty

[Vonger]

Current dock do not allow PoE

[CrossbowMarty]

This would seem to me to be a great idea. The VoCore is cheap enough to use on remote sensors and supplying power over the cat5 / cat6 cable lets me power all of these from a single PoE switch. So convenient!

What do you think Forum dwellers? Is there anyone else out there that thinks this is a good idea?

Would it need a new RJ45 socket?

Circuitry for the power should be pretty straightforward.

[Vonger]

Ye, it is a good idea
My target is to make it as small as possible, but PoE voltage is so high, have to use big components, I can not make it as small as current dock, so I give it up.
I courage you do it, make one for fun

[ArkEngr]

CC1R5-4803SF-E is as close as I could find. It is 16x16mm and has an input voltage of 36 - 76 volts and puts out 3.3 volts at 400ma. DigiKey sells it.

[CrossbowMarty]

Am thinking that simply injecting a lower voltage and doing without all the hassle of PoE might make more sense.

[Vonger]

Am thinking that simply injecting a lower voltage and doing without all the hassle of PoE might make more sense.

VoCore2 has PoE dock.