Rechargeable battery solutions for Raspberry Pi and Pico projects - PowerBoost & LiPo Shim

[@brianginn1993]

So fun!

[@paterpracticus]

Glad you like it. So many fun Raspberry Pi projects benefit from battery power!

[@ItsTheKris]

Dont these only last for 3 or 4 hrs? Im trying to run a pi zero on battery for over 24hrs what would be a good solution?

[@paterpracticus]

The bigger the battery the longer the run time, depending on the current required to run your project. For a previous project I looked into putting a Pi Pico into deep-sleep for quite long periods. Not sure what yours is doing, but might be worth considering.

[@michaelpiotto4988]

@@paterpracticus did you tests the deepsleep battery life? also I don't have alot of experience working with lipo batteries, are there any dangers that someone around using these that I should be warry of. Cool vid also

[@paterpracticus]

Lipo batteries need to be treated with some caution. Avoid direct sunlight etc. I ended up using a solar powered combination with deepsleep for a very low power device, which worked reasonably well: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4bNf4Gahtmmr5Ysi=QMgPJ1-lgG30TjxA

[@mikebernard4762]

Videos are interesting but I wish you would pause a bit between sentences to make them sound less robotic!

[@paterpracticus]

Thanks. I’ll take that on board.

[@Renatunes]

I happen to like the pace, and actually prefer the fast speaking.

[@paterpracticus]

​​⁠thanks as well! Timing the VO and edit are actually the hardest part of the job. Too slow and you’ve missed the bit you’re talking about, too fast and it can feel rushed. Hopefully most of the time I get a reasonable balance.