Battery for the Gameboy Zero

[ktechelonbreak]

Ok so I have everything wired up and it is all running smoothly with a 2500mAh battery but I have a question. The battery life is around 2-3 hours, which isn't bad but the system does seem to draw more power than it can take in. I'll have it hooked up to a charger while running and it will die out on me, is that normal? Are there ways to save on battery consumption in the build? Lowering screen brightness or settings I can do on the Pi to be more energy efficient?

[Thatbraziliann]

damn only a 2-3 hour battery life with 2500 mah? ugh Im wondering if I can fit something like a 3200-3600mah. I wanted at least 4+ hours for traveling.

[crispy_tofu]

Just curious, which battery did you use for your project?

[Ganreizu]

Is the screen pulling 12 volts?

[ktechelonbreak]

Just curious, which battery did you use for your project?

Using the Adafruit 2500mAh 3.7V one. Actually with the current setup I have, there is quite a bit of space leftover in the battery compartment. Depending on the width to height and thickness ratio, I could probably fit something 1.5x larger.

Is the screen pulling 12 volts?

It's definitely running off 5V as the setup only has a LiPo board outputting 5V.

I lowered the screen brightness and redid a bit of the wiring to clean it up a bit, hopefully it'll help.

[Ganreizu]

here is quite a bit of space leftover in the battery compartment. Depending on the width to height and thickness ratio, I could probably fit something 1.5x larger.

If you find a reliable and great quality battery with the right dimensions and high mAh please post a link/let me know. More battery life is always a great thing!

[Thatbraziliann]

Just curious, which battery did you use for your project?

Using the Adafruit 2500mAh 3.7V one. Actually with the current setup I have, there is quite a bit of space leftover in the battery compartment. Depending on the width to height and thickness ratio, I could probably fit something 1.5x larger.

Is the screen pulling 12 volts?

It's definitely running off 5V as the setup only has a LiPo board outputting 5V.

I lowered the screen brightness and redid a bit of the wiring to clean it up a bit, hopefully it'll help.

Im' looking at batteries online now and you already have one in (adafruit 2500mah).. How much more room would you say you have in width , height and thickness (i know you said 1.5 but is that all around another half for width height and thickness?)that you could comfortably fit on a guess. If its not too much trouble.. That way I can start searching for batteries along those dimensions.

[ktechelonbreak]

I'll take some pictures tonight if i get the whole thing together again. I still need to add the screw posts and find a way to mount the potentionmeter securely. There's quite a bit of space since i omitted using the amp and the screen controls. I can probably add the screen controls later but honestly I didn't feel it was that necessary..

[Popcorn]

So I got my mega honking 10000mah battery just now and I'm happy to say that I think I'm going to be able to make this work! Albeit, with some slight mods to the case. Let's see!!

[Mad_Duke]

So I got my mega honking 10000mah battery just now and I'm happy to say that I think I'm going to be able to make this work! Albeit, with some slight mods to the case. Let's see!!

Which one did you use?

I'm going with
http://www.gearbest.com/power-banks/pp_230537.html
(waiting for it to come in mail)

By the dimensions I should be able to get it working when I remove the case and distance the ports themselves.