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Hi everyone,

I am looking for a solution to use a push button to power on and off my RevPi.
The idea is to perform a clean shutdown now by pressing it (the easy part), and turning it back on with the same button.
It can either be a momentary or latching button.

The main goal is to mimic the behavior of a standard desktop PC or industrial one.

I believe this can be done natively with a standard RPi.

Hi Thomas,

unfortunately there is no power button on the RevPi. The only way to mimic such functionality would be with a DIO card (for the shutdown trigger) and some external relay logic.

best regards

nicolaiB wrote: 03 Dec 2025, 12:34 Hi Thomas,

unfortunately there is no power button on the RevPi. The only way to mimic such functionality would be with a DIO card (for the shutdown trigger) and some external relay logic.

best regards

Hi, can you explain the "for the shutdown trigger", there is a shutdown command che we can send via DIO card for graceful shutdown?

in my opinion, the "brutal/worst" way to power on the device is a trigger on the alwaysOn power supply for power on (i think) , and relative sudo command for shutdown, but my trouble is that anyone can press the power button accidentally and cut the power supply instantly..

Thanks!!
Riccardo

nicolaiB wrote: 03 Dec 2025, 12:34 Hi Thomas,

unfortunately there is no power button on the RevPi. The only way to mimic such functionality would be with a DIO card (for the shutdown trigger) and some external relay logic.

best regards

anyway it was enough to bring out the pins near the USB C connector..