The amps are a function of how much power your circuit requires (i.e. if the battery can supply 2aH and your circuit only needs 100maH, that's fine, but if your circuit requires 2aH and your battery/voltage converter can only supply 600maH like the voltage converter I mentioned, then you run the risk of burning something out).
At this point, I hope somebody else steps in with more knowledge about circuits, because you are getting beyond my understanding of things.
Dummy battery for empy slots - ID: 875
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Re: Dummy battery for empy slots - ID: 875
Looking at the battery specs only tells us what the battery is capable of. It tells us nothing about what the device requires. If we knew how long the device ran on the 1120mAh available, we could estimate the average current draw. But without that, we can only guess.I posted a photo of my battery that has that info I believe
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Re: Dummy battery for empy slots - ID: 875
Lol thanks for the help. I appreciate your timeMichaelMeissner wrote:The amps are a function of how much power your circuit requires (i.e. if the battery can supply 2aH and your circuit only needs 100maH, that's fine, but if your circuit requires 2aH and your battery/voltage converter can only supply 600maH like the voltage converter I mentioned, then you run the risk of burning something out).
At this point, I hope somebody else steps in with more knowledge about circuits, because you are getting beyond my understanding of things.
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Re: Dummy battery for empy slots - ID: 875
OK gotcha. I think I got the hang of it from the info you guys provided. I greatly appreciate itadafruit_support_bill wrote:Looking at the battery specs only tells us what the battery is capable of. It tells us nothing about what the device requires. If we knew how long the device ran on the 1120mAh available, we could estimate the average current draw. But without that, we can only guess.I posted a photo of my battery that has that info I believe
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