1U USB tile

pinkvelvet · January 23, 2018, 4:44pm

i could do with some advice, does anyone know how to install the 1U USB tile into my Intellijel case? in the far right corner of my 7U 84HP unit, there’s a white rectangle with 3 pins sticking out, but the end of my USB plug has two inserts? Do I need an adapter? the blurb suggests this is needed for the TPS30MINI board version, however pretty sure i have the TPS80 power spec.
any advice appreciated, thanks

ScottMFR · January 23, 2018, 6:57pm

Hi Pinkvelvet,

You need to connect the 1U USB module’s 2-pin cable to the +5V/GND header on the power board. You can see it connected in this attached image. You don’t need an adaptor, it should connect directly to it.

pinkvelvet · January 23, 2018, 9:44pm

thanks very much, got it working with my usb light, and looking forward to powering some other gear. i couldn’t get it to charge my Iphone though.

slowwild · January 24, 2018, 5:08am

Yeah I have the same with my iPhone, I’ll check into it next week, I know Apple does something funny with the way they take a charge. My work around is a power bar with a USB plug on it.

Arcana · March 31, 2018, 1:08pm

I’d totally love to be able to charge iPhone with this. I bought a couple to fill in the 8hp gap in my 1u row and was hoping that it would charge (or at least prevent depleting) iPhone / iPad change (I know that iPad is nonstandard though).

bradhawks · September 17, 2019, 7:35am

Exactly similar was faced by me, due to USB cable issue Error 9 occurred on iPhone, after research I got to know & found tips from https://itunessupport.org/blog/fix-itunes-error-9/ here, I followed the instruction and fix it.

Steve_G · September 27, 2019, 9:40pm

A passing comment from me on the 1U USB. Yes it’s a great idea, I have a number of USB powered pieces of equipment I can use it for, ipad, controller keyboard and other stuff that all marry up to the eurorack in some way so I was happy it would fill the gap in my 7HP case. But when it arrived, unlike most intellijel gear I have bought, it was slightly out of line. The build was off such that the connection socket was to high for the plate aperture and I couldn’t connect anything. No big deal, I took it apart and reseated everything straight but watch out for bad robots!!!

paulm · June 8, 2020, 1:39pm

Hi, can you show where the 5v GND is on the board for 62hp palette case please?

Thanks.

ScottMFR · June 9, 2020, 5:05pm

Hi Paul,

The 5V jumpers for the USB Power 1U module are on the right side of the board and they’re shown in the manual as item E on page 9: https://intellijel.com/downloads/manuals/4u-palette-eurorack-case_manual_2019.07.25.pdf

On each regular power header you have the -12V pins at the far right and the GND pins are the 6 to the left of the -12V pair. From the far left of the header you have Gate, CV, and then +5V and +12V.

Hope that clears it up!

paulm · June 9, 2020, 5:46pm

Thank you, much obliged

Paul.

davidjames · December 11, 2020, 9:45pm

Are there 5V jumpers on TPS80 rev 003 boards? I don’t see it.

davidjames · December 26, 2020, 3:20pm

I take it from the silence that the jumpers do not exist

I have a spare header I can use for this. Do I connect the two jumper wires to the 5V pins on the header or something else?

Danjel · December 26, 2020, 6:31pm

Hi David,

Yes that is a older PSU that pre-dates 1U. You can certainly make an adapter so that you simply connect the +5 and GND on a spare 16 pin header.