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ldngtoday at 10:02 AM2 repliesview on HN

And what would a better alternative look like ?


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timschmidttoday at 11:14 AM

I wouldn't call it "better", but the least-effort path among hobbyists and low end gear is often 12v or 24v sent over a pair with Gnd and a forgiving voltage regulator on the other end.

jwrtoday at 3:12 PM

There is none, I never said PoE is "bad": it's a very good solution, it's just difficult to implement.