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)
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
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)
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
Statistics: Posted by ozjohnno — Sun Jan 21, 2024 6:00 am