Comments on: How to Power the Raspberry Pi Pico? 6 Different ways https://randomnerdtutorials.com/power-raspberry-pi-pico-6-different-ways/ Learn ESP8266, ESP32, Arduino, and Raspberry Pi Mon, 04 Nov 2024 13:46:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Lance https://randomnerdtutorials.com/power-raspberry-pi-pico-6-different-ways/#comment-980610 Mon, 04 Nov 2024 13:46:50 +0000 https://randomnerdtutorials.com/?p=155776#comment-980610 Once you know how you are going to power it, a little bit of electrical power knowledge is required.

For me, I connect 2 x 5v 280mA solar cells to a protected 5.4v 500f super-capacitor array (4 x 2.7v 500f).
This is connected to the ground and VSYS.. and dont forget to put in a current limiting resistor between the cells and the super-capacitors to take it down to about 4.2v..

These supercaps should last about 50+ years.

]]> By: bolleke https://randomnerdtutorials.com/power-raspberry-pi-pico-6-different-ways/#comment-980323 Sun, 03 Nov 2024 13:29:18 +0000 https://randomnerdtutorials.com/?p=155776#comment-980323 …and a number of other solutions I can think of. Which are not the issue. The point is: how to connect them to the board and what are the pitfalls and which precautions to take.

]]> By: Lance https://randomnerdtutorials.com/power-raspberry-pi-pico-6-different-ways/#comment-933993 Thu, 04 Jul 2024 14:14:08 +0000 https://randomnerdtutorials.com/?p=155776#comment-933993 I love this little Pico..

I power it with solar cells and have hooked up 4 x 500F 2.7v Supercapacitors.

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