We already have a Raspberry Pi Zero W in our Hacker Everyday Carry stash but we didn’t have any way to power it. So how can you supply enough power to the Pi Zero for it to operate at least a day? Get a battery pack of course.
The Pi Zero W uses anywhere from 100mA to 240mA depending on what is being processed and if the Wi-Fi is turned on. So the power usage is around 200mA. We don’t really have to pull out our power formulas to figure this out. The Anker USB Charger has 13,000mAh available. 13,000mAh/200mA = 65h (65 hours). We know we shouldn’t run the pack down to nothing so it looks like we can run the Pi Zero for a couple of days on this pack without any trouble. Is that cool or what?
So which battery goes in the bag?
Anker PowerCore 13000 Portable Charger
- Compact 13000mAh
- 2-Port
- Ultra Portable
- Phone Charger Power Bank with PowerIQ and VoltageBoost
- Micro USB cable
- Travel pouch
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