Power your Raspberry Pi - or any other micro-USB powered device - via ethernet with this passive PoE to micro-USB injector/splitter cable set. Simply connect the injector to your power source and LAN/WAN, and connect the splitter to your device's power and ethernet inputs. Use up to 20M CAT5e cable in between. Please read the power source & cable advisory below.

Passive PoE

This kit uses 'passive' Power-over-Ethernet, meaning there is no active power negotiation or voltage control (as is the case with IEEE802.3af Power over Ethernet standard). In general for the Raspberry Pi this means it will work up to about 20M. But please read more here. For longer distances and/or additional power requirements we advise using IEEE 802.3af PoE products instead (see other offers).

Power source & Ethernet cable

For passive PoE it is important that you use a decent 5V/2A power source and high quality CAT5e cable. The cable must have pure copper wiring with a diameter conforming 24AWG (0.2"/0.5mm single wire). Please be noted that there is an increasing number of inferior cabling products on the market; even some sold as CAT5e / 24AWG turn out to have alluminium wire or diameters of 0.2mm instead of 0.2".

Technical specs

Injector cable

inputs

RJ45 male
DC 2.1mm x 5.5mm female

output

1 x RJ45 female*

*output has power on wires 4,5(+), 7,8(-) use ONLY in combination with splitter cable on other end!

Splitter cable

input

RJ45 female

outputs

RJ45 male (data)
micro-USB male (power)