{"id":18725,"date":"2018-04-11T17:33:58","date_gmt":"2018-04-11T16:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=18725"},"modified":"2018-04-11T17:33:58","modified_gmt":"2018-04-11T16:33:58","slug":"new-power-management-chip-on-the-raspberry-pi-3b-more-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=18725","title":{"rendered":"New power management chip on the Raspberry Pi 3B+ &#8211; more information"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/mxl7704.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18726\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/mxl7704.jpg?resize=560%2C494&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/mxl7704.jpg?w=768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/mxl7704.jpg?resize=300%2C264&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/mxl7704.jpg?resize=560%2C494&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/mxl7704.jpg?resize=260%2C229&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/mxl7704.jpg?resize=160%2C141&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>James Adams from Raspberry Pi Trading has written a fascinating article about the new power management chip on the 3B+, which is the MXL7704 from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maxlinear.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MaxLinear<\/a>. There&#8217;s lots of technical detail here, but it&#8217;s quite accessible. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/blog\/pi-power-supply-chip\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Adams from Raspberry Pi Trading has written a fascinating article about the new power management chip on the 3B+, which is the MXL7704 from MaxLinear. There&#8217;s lots of technical detail here, but it&#8217;s quite accessible. 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