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    A New Chapter for MagicMirror: The Community Takes the Lead
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    I fried my Raspberry Pi 3 model b+...

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    • M Offline
      MadScientist
      last edited by MadScientist

      …by accidentally connecting 12V to the 5V GPIO pin in a brain-fart-moment.
      At first it looked like the pi was dead, although the red LED was still turning on but some magic smoke escaped at the same time…

      Some google research later and I found out the magic smoke escaped from a diode (D5) which is used for the power protection circuit. After removing said diode the pi boots up again and seems to run just like before. However, I would like to replace that diode with a new one for the next time my brain stops working. Does anyone know where to get them? I couldn’t find anything at all!. The brand seems to be ST or something like that and it is written “BUZ GP 748” on it. That’s all I know at the moment.

      Anyone able to help finding the right diode?

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      • justjim1220J Offline
        justjim1220 Module Developer @MadScientist
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        @madscientist

        eBay, Amazon, etc.
        Google it!

        I found this…

        https://www.st.com/content/st_com/en/search.html#q=BUZ GP 748-t=products-page=1

        Hope This Helps!

        "Life's Too Short To Dance With Ugly People"
        Jim Hallock - 1995

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        • M Offline
          MadScientist
          last edited by

          Thanks, it’s a start. Google didn’t give me anything useful.

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          • M Offline
            MadScientist
            last edited by

            I ordered cheap SMBJ5.0A diodes from Aliexpress for a couple of cents and now my Pi is as good as new. Not the best solder job but I don’t care.

            Maybe I should see if that really worked by feeding it with 12V again? :clown_face:

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