Raspberry Pi CM5 that plugs directly to TV/monitor!
Raspberry Pi CM5 TV Stick will be available for purchase soon at Makerfabs
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- Compatible with Raspberry Pi CM5 Lite and eMMC variants
- HDMI plug
- Micro SD card connector
- USB-C connector for data/power
- Two USB3.0 USB-A connectors
- IR receiver
- User button
- Power button
- RPI_nBOOT button for CM5 eMMC programming
- Fan connector
- Power and Act LEDs
- Connector for Ambilight-like lightning with WS2812 or WS2801 LEDs (GND, GPIO18, GPIO10 and GPIO11)
The board has HDMI Type A plug and routed to CM5 HDMI0 port
Micro SD card connector accepts Micro SD card
Important: don't insert SD card if using CM5 with eMMC, as SD card and/or CM5 can be permanently damaged (eMMC and SD card connector are sharing same SoC pins)
USB-C connector is used to provide power to TV Stick. Consider using Raspberry Pi 5 power adapter or known good power supply for Raspberry Pi 5
USB-C connector also has CM5 USB2.0 data lines
Raspberry Pi CM5 TV Stick has two USB3.0 ports. Power output has current limiting switch
IR receiver is connected to CM5 GPIO17.
To enable IR receiver following line has to added to config.txt file: dtoverlay=gpio-ir,gpio_pin=17
This article describes further remote pairing/learning (omit parts describing IR TX and make sure to still use 'dtoverlay=gpio-ir,gpio_pin=17')
User button is connected to GPIO14. When used, has to be configured as active low, input pull-up
With USB2.0 routed to USB-C connector, board can be used:
- in "gadget mode" as USB Mass Storage Device, Ethernet Adapter, etc.
- to programm CM5 eMMC flash by entering USB boot mode. To boot CM5 through USB, the nBOOT button must be pressed at the time of connecting power
