Question to #diy #hardware people:
Wouldn't a proper relay and some caps already be sufficient to build yourself a power fallover circuit (just switching from one power source to the other if the primary one fails)? Or is there something I miss?
I have an old powerbank that would make a nice battery for an Orange Pi, that hasn't any circuitry for such a case built-in.
#soldering #pcb
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