First look at the upcoming Starlink Mini
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First look at the upcoming Starlink Mini
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Re: First look at the upcoming Starlink Mini
#2The lack of DC power is rough for boats, vans, and RVs. If someone wants to put this in a backpack they really need to get a DC power supply version. There are solutions out there at this point for the standard dishy but the flat high performance has a crazy power supply with it.
Re: First look at the upcoming Starlink Mini
#3Is this meant to supersede starlink roam [1]?
Re: First look at the upcoming Starlink Mini
#4The lack of DC power is rough for boats, vans, and RVs. If someone wants to put this in a backpack they really need to get a DC power supply version. There are solutions out there at this point for the standard dishy but the flat high performance has a crazy power supply with it.
Do we know it's not DC?
Re: First look at the upcoming Starlink Mini
#5The lack of DC power is rough for boats, vans, and RVs. If someone wants to put this in a backpack they really need to get a DC power supply version. There are solutions out there at this point for the standard dishy but the flat high performance has a crazy power supply with it.
Most van / RV setups have an inverter but I agree, DC is best.
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#6The lack of DC power is rough for boats, vans, and RVs. If someone wants to put this in a backpack they really need to get a DC power supply version. There are solutions out there at this point for the standard dishy but the flat high performance has a crazy power supply with it.
Do we know it's not DC?
Page 7 of the linked FCC application says:
> Power requirements: 30 V DC / 2 A via 100-240V AC/DC adaptor
Presumably, when people talk about "running it from DC power" they mean a standard 12V automotive power supply, which would require a 12V to 30V step-up converter to replace the supplied AC adapter.
Re: First look at the upcoming Starlink Mini
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
Do we know it's not DC?
Page 7 of the linked FCC application says: > Power requirements: 30 V DC / 2 A via 100-240V AC/DC adaptor Presumably, when people talk about "running it from DC power" they mean a standard 12V automotive power supply, which would require a 12V to 30V step-up converter to replace the supplied AC adapter.
I wonder if that's what the adapter supplies, and the device can actually do 12-30V or whatnot.
Re: First look at the upcoming Starlink Mini
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Page 7 of the linked FCC application says: > Power requirements: 30 V DC / 2 A via 100-240V AC/DC adaptor Presumably, when people talk about "running it from DC power" they mean a standard 12V automotive power supply, which would require a 12V to 30V step-up converter to replace the supplied AC adapter.
I wonder if that's what the adapter supplies, and the device can actually do 12-30V or whatnot.
Not many devices that run off 30V will run off 12V too. It's too big of a difference.
But 12V to 36V boost converters are readily available and very cheap.
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
I wonder if that's what the adapter supplies, and the device can actually do 12-30V or whatnot.
Not many devices that run off 30V will run off 12V too. It's too big of a difference. But 12V to 36V boost converters are readily available and very cheap.
I imagine most of those devices have a buck converter inside, no?
Re: First look at the upcoming Starlink Mini
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Do we know it's not DC?
Page 7 of the linked FCC application says: > Power requirements: 30 V DC / 2 A via 100-240V AC/DC adaptor Presumably, when people talk about "running it from DC power" they mean a standard 12V automotive power supply, which would require a 12V to 30V step-up converter to replace the supplied AC adapter.
It isn’t necessarily implied, but if this thing is pulling a nominal 30W-40W (assuming considering the 60W PSU) then I don’t know how much use this would be for a portable device, even for RVs. That’s a pretty significant load, even for an amplified antenna, I would have thought?