I have already looked at this........
Firstly you will need as many POE adapters as you have pi's
https://raspberry.piaustralia.com.au/pr ... pi-poe-hat (@ about 40 dollary do's each) NOTE. these must be designed for the RPi 5
Then you will need to buy a POE++ switch and this one is the best power budget wise and the best price.....
https://www.scorptec.com.au/product/net ... d_source=1 (585 dollary do's)
This switch has 4x 60W ports (which can power CCTV cams or wireless access points and 4x 30W ports with a total POE budget of 230W
Given that the power supply for the RPi 5 is 27W, you will be able to plug 8x RPi 5's into this switch and still have a little bit left over
I have already done this with RPi4's and have a 4 pi's with POE adapters plugged into a 4W switch
It's not a cheap way of doing things, but only having an ethernet cable going to the pi looks pretty cool
Firstly you will need as many POE adapters as you have pi's
https://raspberry.piaustralia.com.au/pr ... pi-poe-hat (@ about 40 dollary do's each) NOTE. these must be designed for the RPi 5
Then you will need to buy a POE++ switch and this one is the best power budget wise and the best price.....
https://www.scorptec.com.au/product/net ... d_source=1 (585 dollary do's)
This switch has 4x 60W ports (which can power CCTV cams or wireless access points and 4x 30W ports with a total POE budget of 230W
Given that the power supply for the RPi 5 is 27W, you will be able to plug 8x RPi 5's into this switch and still have a little bit left over
I have already done this with RPi4's and have a 4 pi's with POE adapters plugged into a 4W switch
It's not a cheap way of doing things, but only having an ethernet cable going to the pi looks pretty cool
Statistics: Posted by ozjohnno — Sun Jan 21, 2024 6:00 am