Hey Adafruit Support-
Can I power the Circuit Playground with a battery bank through the micro usb? I realize this may be a n00b question. Thanks.
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Re: Can I power the Circuit Playground with a battery bank t
Yes. That will work.
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Re: Can I power the Circuit Playground with a battery bank t
Try on this post too! admin please delete if answer on another post. My CPE run fine with makecode program with power from USB in my computer. But when I try on external powerbank with USB cabel, my program starts but after 12 second ish my CPE go in black/turn off and not running my program more. What to do to run from powerbank with USB cable?
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Re: Can I power the Circuit Playground with a battery bank t
Your powerbank probably has an auto shutdown feature that is activated because the CPx is not drawing enough power. These are designed to charge phone batteries and the shutdown happens when the phone is charged (not drawing much current). Some smaller powerbanks (less than 5000 mAh) don't have this feature and work fine with CPx.
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Re: Can I power the Circuit Playground with a battery bank t
Thanks for answer!
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Re: Can I power the Circuit Playground with a battery bank t
The 3AAA battery holder is out of stock. Can we use the 3AA battery pack to power the Circuit Playground? Is there any difference?
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Re: Can I power the Circuit Playground with a battery bank t
The 3AA will work fine. AA cells are a little bigger than the AAA. They have the same voltage, but a higher capacity. So they will last longer than the AAA.
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Re: Can I power the Circuit Playground with a battery bank t
Adafruit sells a number of USB battery packs. Do we know if any work long term with the playground express or do they timeout and shut off power?
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