I know I could just use the Vraw (directly from power supply) but this has some disadvantages in the setup I had in mind.
I had in mind to have a wire with plug going from the 12V Power supply into the power socket of the Arduino. The Arduino will be inside a neat control box that I designed together with all other electronics. This allows me to easily unplug the whole thing and have all electronics together in a nice little box.
If there is only the 1amp diode in the Vin pin I think I can just use that pin to pickup the input voltage (12V from the power supply) I put into the power socket (the small voltage drop is not such a big deal.)
I hope to get a clear conformation that this will work without blowing up the Arduino.
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I thought it would be nice to let you know what it's for. It for an aquarium control system I'm building at the moment. (a lot of different lights, 3.3V LED, 12V LED 230V T5, feeding, temperature, water level, air pump, ect) The 12V I'm talking about will be for the 12V LED strips. Here is a picture of the control box.
