Quick question around the battery board - I have ordered the CM4/5 Adapter Board and NVMe Board for dual 18650 Batteries to use with my AIO V1 board.
Is the only difference between the two battery boards varients the physical 18650 holder? - Can I just desolder the holder and use a LiPo if I want to? I see on the silkscreen that it says to solder JP1 when using a JST connector & a LiPo battery.
Another follow up question - I am undecided about upgrading the AIO V2 board - apart from USB3 and Ethernet, the thing that interests me is āthe GPIOs will control the power of the GPS/LoRa/RTL-SDR/Internal USB portsā - Do you have a rough idea regarding the amount of power these features consume using while being idle on the V1? What I am trying to decide is if it is worth the upgrade to get a moderate increase in battery life!
Yes, after you remove the battery holder you can connect a lipo battery pack to it. If that is your case, I would recommend you just buy the variant without the battery holder. It is a little bit harder to desolder the battery holder.
JP1 does not necessarily need to be soldered. If not soldered, all current will go through one channel of the MOSFETs, the MOSFET was designed for 60A, so it would be fine.
āthe GPIOs will control the power of the GPS/LoRa/RTL-SDR/Internal USB portsā
You can replace the 0R resistor with a switch to manually turn the RTL-SDR on/off as follows.
i just used the included adhesive strip that came with the m.2 heatsink to stick it on the back. i was worried about it falling off but it hasnāt budged in 8 months.
yes this kit will work with an emmc cm5 but you still wonāt be able to use the built-in sd slot.
Excellent job! I am so looking forward to this! I know I read somewhere that although this is a āpre-orderā that they should be available sometime in November is that correct?
Yeah, from what i understand its pretty much ready for āmassā production. Probably just gathering orders to determine how large a batch to order for each individual board.
I believe he said he was ordering 120% of the pre-orders and expected to ship by the end of November. Preorder started about 3 weeks ago, so Iām guessing 4-5 weeks of preorders, then he orders the largest batch possible to keep costs down, and leaving that extra 20% for orders until supplies run out.
Iāve been collecting stuff to do this but a thought occurred to me, will the double lipo batteries come in contact with the nvme drive?, my drive gets very hot under load I wouldnāt wonāt heat those batteries up!
You would not want them to actually touch indeed, but you could put some plastic insulation between them.
Beside that, Thermal Tape on the nvme should do the trick. The metal frame is pretty good at dissapating heat.
Edit: Mind that im still waiting for the kit, just a semi-educated guess based on previous comments and experiences with other devices. If it blows up, dont blame me
Iām still awaiting mine too, so I canāt check, my 90 day point is dec 19th so I guess itāll arrive in March , either way with all these mods coming out the whole back shell will be covered is M.2 heat sinks!
@vileer Any likeihood of your team sharing the CM5 position based on your new daughter board? I just watched a review and its disappointing that the position has changed. All cut-out designs needs to be remade. i would be great to know the position? Thanks lots
, either way with all these mods coming out the whole back shell will be covered is M.2 heat sinks!