Including low battery automatic shutdown (to stop your SD card from getting corrupted), push button start, and automatic power supply off when the Pi is shutdown to stop your LiPo from going flat.
PowerBoost 500 Charger – Rechargeable 5V Lipo USB Boost @ 500mA+: PowerBoost 500C is the perfect power supply for your portable project! With a built-in battery charger circuit, you’ll be able to keep your project running even while recharging the battery! This little DC/DC boost converter module can be powered by any 3.7V LiIon/LiPoly battery, and convert the battery output to 5.2V DC for running your 5V projects. (read more)
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Make a robot friend with Adafruit’s CRICKIT – A Creative Robotics & Interactive Construction Kit. It’s an add-on to our popular Circuit Playground Express, FEATHER and other platforms to make and program robots with CircuitPython, MakeCode, and Arduino. Start controlling motors, servos, solenoids. You also get signal pins, capacitive touch sensors, a NeoPixel driver and amplified speaker output. It complements & extends your boards so you can still use all the goodies on the microcontroller, now you have a robotics playground as well.
Beware. The low power pin will go as high as the battery voltage. So with the used LIPO it will put 4.2Volts on your 3.3Volt input of your PI. I’ve done something similar with my Pi, but I’ve put a diode (1n4148) to lower the voltage and a resistor to lower the current between LOBat and GPIO.
Each Friday is PiDay here at Adafruit! Be sure to check out our posts, tutorials and new Raspberry Pi related products. Adafruit has the largest and best selection of Raspberry Pi accessories and all the code & tutorials to get you up and running in no time!
Beware. The low power pin will go as high as the battery voltage. So with the used LIPO it will put 4.2Volts on your 3.3Volt input of your PI. I’ve done something similar with my Pi, but I’ve put a diode (1n4148) to lower the voltage and a resistor to lower the current between LOBat and GPIO.