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Is there a way to power this Wi-Fi Adapter + Radio using this specific ModalAI UART adapter board?

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    Title says it all. I need to know if we can power both the wi-fi adapter and radio we're using through this specific UART adapter board. Both of them need 5V.
    Wi-Fi Adapter: https://store.rokland.com/products/alfa-awus036acs-802-11ac-ac600-dual-band-wifi-usb-adapter-rp-sma?currency=USD&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=google%2Bshopping&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23358472752&gbraid=0AAAAAD8Vrr7-nwe_gqEpIoqV2K1m-HMuw&gclid=CjwKCAjwgO7RBhBKEiwAZNP85qCugWBSlm-It6FfCWLQDMyxxCYRT10w-Kxr6j9yJAz1_S4_TvqyxBoCcckQAvD_BwE
    Radio: rfd900x
    UART Adapter Board: https://www.modalai.com/products/m0151?variant=47083939791152

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      Title says it all. I need to know if we can power both the wi-fi adapter and radio we're using through this specific UART adapter board. Both of them need 5V.
      Wi-Fi Adapter: https://store.rokland.com/products/alfa-awus036acs-802-11ac-ac600-dual-band-wifi-usb-adapter-rp-sma?currency=USD&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=google%2Bshopping&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23358472752&gbraid=0AAAAAD8Vrr7-nwe_gqEpIoqV2K1m-HMuw&gclid=CjwKCAjwgO7RBhBKEiwAZNP85qCugWBSlm-It6FfCWLQDMyxxCYRT10w-Kxr6j9yJAz1_S4_TvqyxBoCcckQAvD_BwE
      Radio: rfd900x
      UART Adapter Board: https://www.modalai.com/products/m0151?variant=47083939791152

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      @Raiyan-Alam said in Is there a way to power this Wi-Fi Adapter + Radio using this specific ModalAI UART adapter board?:

      rfd900x

      Hi @Raiyan-Alam,
      My suggestion: keep the Wi-Fi adapter on USB and feed the RFD900X separately.
      You can pull an extra 5V feed using this power module cable, which splices off a 5V red JST SFHR connector:
      https://docs.modalai.com/cable-datasheets/#mcbl-00095
      Splice from that into the RFD900X's 5V input. For the M0151, don't power the RFD900X off USB but pull it directly from the power module supplying VOXL 2 instead.

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