3rd Party Batteries - Need to extend the battery life as long as possible

RE: 3rd Party Batteries - Need to extend the battery life as long as possible

bjorn-spockeli — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 08:45:03 GMT

I believe its a commenly used connector for LiPo batteries, you can find the BOM for the Thingy here. I would think that you can buy battery packs with the connector fitted to the leads.

RE: 3rd Party Batteries - Need to extend the battery life as long as possible

samdaly — Fri, 30 Nov 2018 06:48:00 GMT

Is that a standard connector? Can I purchase a battery pack that will already have that connector on there? I don't need many of these. Ideally I want to get a disposable lithium thionyl chloride so at a low power draw in a harsh conditions my thingy will be powered for years.

RE: 3rd Party Batteries - Need to extend the battery life as long as possible

bjorn-spockeli — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 11:19:20 GMT

Here is the link to the connector on the DigiKey site. As long as the LiPo battery is a single-cell LiPO you should be fine.

RE: 3rd Party Batteries - Need to extend the battery life as long as possible

samdaly — Fri, 29 Jun 2018 21:01:20 GMT

Hi Sigurd, I would like to have a battery that has much more capacity. If I find a Li-Po batter that is also 3.7v, just far more than 1440 mAh... will that work to plug directly into the board? What do you call the default connector that the Thingy:52 uses?

RE: 3rd Party Batteries - Need to extend the battery life as long as possible

Sigurd — Wed, 27 Jun 2018 09:30:59 GMT

Hi,

We don't have such a list. Thingy:52 uses a Li-Po battery with a nominal capacity of 1440 mAh, and I believe most devs find that sufficient. You can read more about the power supply part of the Thingy:52 on this page. Also note that the battery can be recharged through USB.