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Will the battery bank board from Dextech's original battery run work as the charger for mintyPi?

Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2018 6:59 pm
by muniosi
Hi guys. When @Dextech did his first run of GBZ batteries, they were packaged as "battery banks" and thus contained a small circuit for charging and using the battery. The circuit looks like this:
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It has the number "HKS-818H-02" inscribed on it. Can someone tell me if this board will work in place of the microlipo for a mintyPi?

Re: Will the battery bank board from Dextech's original battery run work as the charger for mintyPi?

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 3:00 pm
by rodocop
if you can get it to fit it should work. Also, the TP5046 is another alternative to the adafruit micro lipo and is much cheaper.

Re: Will the battery bank board from Dextech's original battery run work as the charger for mintyPi?

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 5:15 pm
by muniosi
Thanks for the reply. Do you think it will be able to charge and play at the same time? Is there any way of knowing how fast it will charge?

Re: Will the battery bank board from Dextech's original battery run work as the charger for mintyPi?

Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2018 3:10 pm
by rodocop
I'm not sure about charge and play, you'll have to try it out and let us know how it works.

Re: Will the battery bank board from Dextech's original battery run work as the charger for mintyPi?

Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2018 6:05 pm
by Helder
Charge and play will work as long as the charger has 2A or more output so it can power the battery and the Pi.

Re: Will the battery bank board from Dextech's original battery run work as the charger for mintyPi?

Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2018 6:48 pm
by muniosi
Awesome, thanks guys. I'll do some testing.