battery power for crickit / microbit

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battery power for crickit / microbit

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Which battery pack do I get to power the Microbit Crickit? Thank you.

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Re: battery power for crickit / microbit

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AA battery packs work well. You can use a 3xAA pack for alkaline cells or a 4xAA pack for NiMH rechargeable cells. That will give you plenty of power for the Crickit itself, plus any motors, servos, pixels etc.

See the links to the packs in Power section of the guide:
https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-cri ... -2987977-7

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