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Board Hardware
Re: Official FutureBit Apollo BTC Software/Image and Support thread
by
MrMik
on 26/10/2022, 20:47:35 UTC
I would like to separate the Apollo BTC full node into a standard node and an Orange Pi.
Yes, you just need an appropriate 5V, 15W USB power brick and a USB-C cable.

Excellent, thank you very much!

I suppose this also means that I don't need a separate enclosure for the Orange Pi. It could stay in the Apollo (with the white connector unplugged).

Or am I missing some risk of creating a ground loop that will fry something?

Could I safely power the O-Pi via USB-C from the same laptop that runs the software for the "Standardized' Apollo part, and program the O-Pi through the same USB-C connection?
Or do I need a dedicated power source separate from my laptop?