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Can it be powered from a pin on the serial port ?

April 26, 2017Pin port powered serial

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Can it be powered from a pin on the serial port ?

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No, but since most of the pins are not connected you could easily modify it to do so. Open it up and solder a wire from an unconnected port pin to the power socket. See the user manual for a pin-out of the serial ports.