{"id":2139,"date":"2010-01-18T17:18:31","date_gmt":"2010-01-19T01:18:31","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2023-04-17T11:10:03","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T18:10:03","slug":"2139","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/2139","title":{"rendered":"When is external power needed for LabQuest Mini?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LabQuest Mini gets its power through the computer&#8217;s USB port. There are rare cases in which there is a limit to how much power is available to the USB devices connected to a computer. Such configurations may include having too many other devices that require USB power connected at the same time, or having an under-powered USB tree. <\/p>\n<p>In these cases, you may receive a warning from the computer that it cannot provide enough power for the LabQuest Mini. If this happens, disconnect other USB devices from the computer, and\/or connect the LabQuest Mini to a powered USB hub. <\/p>\n<p>If you have an original LabQuest Mini, you can use the external power port to supply additional power via a <a href=\"\/product\/labquest-power-supply\/\">LabQuest<sup>&reg;<\/sup> Power Supply<\/a> (<nobr>LQ3-PS<\/nobr>) (not included). Power supply specifications:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Input\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>100-240 Volts AC<\/li>\n<li>50-60 HZ<\/li>\n<li>0.5 A<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Output\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>5V DC<\/li>\n<li>1500 mA &#8211; 2500 mA<\/li>\n<li>Center Positive<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Note: <\/strong>The LabQuest Mini (Model 2) does not have an external power port.<br \/><a href=\"\/til\/17140\/\">Which LabQuest Mini model do I have?<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LabQuest Mini gets its power through the computer&#8217;s USB port. There are rare cases in which there is a limit to how much power is&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3483,3484,2397,3448,2982,2434,163],"class_list":["post-2139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-auxiliary","tag-external","tag-labquest","tag-lq-mini","tag-lq-ps","tag-mini","tag-power"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2139\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}