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Power for the Arduino #5

Closed PhysicsUofRAUI closed 3 years ago

PhysicsUofRAUI commented 5 years ago

How should we power the Arduino? They may be in a place not so accessible to outlets, so this should be a discussion.

Should it be battery pack? If so, how many? One for each or just a hub where all are connected to?

PhysicsUofRAUI commented 5 years ago

I think battery pack would be best and I just checked with my power bank to make sure it works with the Arduino and it does :smile: .

It might be better to design something more specific to the problem though :thinking: . I am not sure though but it is just each Arduino with its own power bank may be overkill

PhysicsUofRAUI commented 5 years ago

Here is a guide to powering the arduino https://www.open-electronics.org/the-power-of-arduino-this-unknown/

PhysicsUofRAUI commented 5 years ago

It has been decided that a power bank like this one https://www.amazon.ca/Poweradd-Pilot-X7-compatible-Smartphone/dp/B018I30H30/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1550270426&sr=1-1-spons&keywords=power+bank&psc=1, old cell phone batteries made into a power bank like in this tutorial https://www.instructables.com/id/Make-A-Cheap-Lithium-Battery-Pack/, or a simple 9 V battery would probably be best.

PhysicsUofRAUI commented 5 years ago

Here is a tutorial on how to set up a lipoly battery to charge from a solar panel https://learn.adafruit.com/usb-dc-and-solar-lipoly-charger/overview

PhysicsUofRAUI commented 3 years ago

Current version plugs into a wall plugin, so until everything gets well and sorted for that I will close this issue