joric / nrfmicro

A Pro Micro alternative for wireless keyboards
https://github.com/joric/nrfmicro/wiki
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Battery life with coin battery? #11

Closed Na-Cly closed 5 years ago

Na-Cly commented 5 years ago

Hey just wondering what kind of battery life you see with the coin cell battery. Do you know what it should be for a fully wireless split keyboard Thanks.

joric commented 5 years ago

I'd rather use 130 mAh 501230 lipo batteries they fit under promicro. Battery life could vary from 1-2 weeks to a few months but it doesn't really matter because batteries are rechargeable.

Lenbok commented 5 years ago

Nice to see that battery recommendation. I am using these https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32981806740.html (they are quite long).

I don't currently have a battery estimate (I'm still trying to find out why I can't pair with my linux box, when it pairs to MacOS and Android just fine, could be my BT dongle), but a couple of things I've noted so far: