Gecko power requirements

Hi Weyland,

You shouldn't get it FROM the parallel port, Try the joystick port or
the keyboard port. Even a wall-wart.

Alan KM6VV


Weyland wrote:

>
> Okay, now I'm jazzed having the power supply built.
>
> I *had* been planning on using another computer power supply
> to deliver the 5 volts for the logic parts of the Geckos, but
> noticed a mention of getting it from the parallel port of the
> controlling computer in the Gecko white papers.
>
> I'm a little unclear on the wording of it,
> but it appears to me that I can eliminate
> the secondary power supply and just use the
> parallel port to get this voltage.
>
> Am I getting this correctly?
>
> If so, it would free up some space in my box.
>
> Weyland