Document how to keep a battery pack on

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Document how to keep a battery pack on #10

Open sjchiass opened 4 years ago

sjchiass commented 4 years ago

Battery packs will turn off if they aren't putting out enough power. You can keep them on by wiring them to a resistor, or better yet use a transistor with a microcontroller to alternate the high current on/off.

[X] Get a battery pack to stay on
[X] Use a transistor to reduce power consumption
[ ] Document first brute-force technique
[ ] Wire up a better resistor testing tool
[ ] Post about it

sjchiass commented 4 years ago

I think this might be a good use-case for a resistor box. It does get annoying to fish resistors from a little baggie and test them in sequence.

A little box with toggles would be nice. :sunglasses: