Ivan219
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Power raspberry pi 2 via battery

Mon Dec 28, 2015 4:53 pm

Hello, I have the idea to power my raspberry 2 via power bank (i want to choose this: http://rombica.com/catalog/accumulators ... html#page2) My question is: what is consumption at the raspberry pi 2 (in mAh)? and how to get battery charge to raspberry, how get this information and send to raspberry?

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Douglas6
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Re: Power raspberry pi 2 via battery

Mon Dec 28, 2015 5:10 pm

You can assume about 700mA draw from a Pi 2, or less. Plus peripherals. You will not be able to get real-time battery level information from a power bank.

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Re: Power raspberry pi 2 via battery

Mon Dec 28, 2015 5:27 pm

Thank you for your reply

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