Theoretically possible but it depends entirely on your iPad.
Typical bare-board active current consumption for a Pi5 is quoted to be 800mA (source).
Your iPad may or may not provide that and that figure may increase under higher loads.
The real decider is how your iPad handles USB PD. The Pi5 will ask it for 5A@5V which the iPad may not support. What happens then depends entirely on the iPad. Ideally it will default to 3A@5V but it may do some unspecified amount of current @5V or just throw an error (along the lines of device wants more power than I can provide) and not output anything.
There's only one way to find out...
And don't forget that everything will be at USB2 speeds and latencies.
There's indeed only one way to find out. The catch is I'm trying to determine whether to buy a RPI 5 (my preference) or a RPI 4B (I have seen evidence what I want to do will work with a 4B).
I guess I'll get the 5 and report back.
Statistics: Posted by aupie0001 — Mon Dec 02, 2024 8:17 pm