Timeline for What are the 5V and VIN pins for?
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| Oct 4, 2014 at 20:57 | comment | added | Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams | It gets a lower voltage because the traces on the board have non-zero resistance, which results in a voltage drop. Check the datasheets of all components to see what voltage range they can accept, but 4.70V should be fine for 99% of all 5V electronics. | |
| Oct 4, 2014 at 20:47 | comment | added | Mads Skjern | Btw: I am not an electrical engineer, and I am not able to understand the schematics. Maybe one day :) | |
| Oct 4, 2014 at 20:46 | comment | added | Mads Skjern | Ok, but then why does the 5V and VIN pins have lower voltages then? And wouldn't that be a problem for many applications? I imagine that if I used a LCD display rated at 5V, it could (potentially) be a problem that it only gets 4.70 or 4.26V? | |
| Oct 4, 2014 at 19:06 | history | answered | Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams | CC BY-SA 3.0 |