Regulated 5V/1A (min.) USB power supply?

[BigBrother]

it seems like every power supply I see doesn't have a rating or it's a dodgy chinese one. my Raspberry Pi came in on Monday but I'm now waiting on cables and I'm still bumming around for a proper power supply for it. Adafruit's regulated one is out for another couple of weeks and newark's has a lead time warning of 137 days. there's another on sparkfun but I'd need an adapter cable to use it. any ideas? I'm in Texas, USA. budget: 8$/ea, I need 2.

[caroper]

I just use a cellular phone adapter/charger.
I have used adapters from both HTC and LG with no problems and any cellphone charger with a micro USB output should work and be easy to find, often discarded.


Cheers
Chris

[PA0PBZ]

Exactly, most phones and tablets come with these today. Since mostly you only need one there is always one to use for more  interesting things 

[BigBrother]

Well ... you can buy
http://www.dealextreme.com/p/ultra-mini-1000ma-usb-power-adapter-charger-100-240v-eu-plug-29417
Just try it out.

I ordered 2. One to use then smash and the other to mess with... then maybe smash.

[BigBrother]

Why don't you go a little DIY. Make your own PSU. You can salvage a transformer from anything and buy LM7805, some capacitors and that is about it.

I probably will at some point. for now, I managed to find a wall adapter for a belkin 7-port USB hub! 5V/3.5A! I'll be getting a USB connector from an old case in a minute and hacking off some other bits for use with it as well!

[BigBrother]

wooh! it works! it's a bit dodgy though, I have the usb's black wire openly soldered to the barrel connector's outside and voltage drops from unloaded 5.17V to loaded 4.85V which is fairly close to non-working voltage. I think I'll shrinkwrap it or just tape it.