News PicoBox Unveils Tiny, 56mm Power Supply

[Admin]

Imagine a power supply unit so small that sits just on top of your motherboard.

PicoBox Unveils Tiny, 56mm Power Supply : Read more

 

[Brian_R170]

Are these substantially different from the PicoPSU that mini-box.com has been selling for the past 10 years or so?

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Are these substantially different from the PicoPSU that mini-box.com has been selling for the past 10 years or so?

I was thinking this as well since they have been around awhile.

 

[Giroro]

I was going to come in and express some serious safety concerns about what I assumed were exposed 120V wires and a lack of a grounded chassis.... Then I realized that this is actually a 12V in DC-DC converter.
So this "power supply" will only function when you have a second external power supply.

 

[Xajel]

Very nice actually for SFF systems, and having 12V input means much easier ways to find UPS solutions, even DIY kind of stuff.

 

[Brian_R170]

I was going to come in and express some serious safety concerns about what I assumed were exposed 120V wires and a lack of a grounded chassis.... Then I realized that this is actually a 12V in DC-DC converter.
So this "power supply" will only function when you have a second external power supply.

Yes, that's correct. It moves the bulk of the actual power supply to an external brick that converts 110-240VAC to 12VDC. Of course, a brick capable of generating >200W DC is a seriously large brick.

 

[jonnyguru]

Is there something new here? It's a PicoPSU.

And 94% efficiency doesn't matter if you don't paint it with an efficient adapter.

 

[kailuadavideo]

Imagine a power supply unit so small that sits just on top of your motherboard.

PicoBox Unveils Tiny, 56mm Power Supply : Read more

Heat? I'd be concerned with no sink on there.