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PowerBoost 500 Charger - Rechargeable 5V Lipo USB Boost @ 500mA+ Reviews

4.9 Rating 13 Reviews
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I purchased one of these controllers to create a homemade UPS for my Raspberry Pi Zero W, works a charm. Connected a few 18650s up to the controller and powered the whole thing up and had no issues whatsoever. Only suggestion would be to make sure you solder the USB output connector onto the board before testing the unit, I thought I had a dud but once the connector was securely soldered on all my issues disappeared.
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Posted 8 years ago
The Adafruit Powerboost 500C is perfect for those projects on the go ! The PiHut is perfect for buying it !
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Posted 8 years ago
Great in almost every way. i2c or similar battery voltage measurement, or even a programmable low/cutoff would be better than fixed as I'd prefer to choose a slightly higher warn level in my application.
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Posted 8 years ago
I love the fact that you solder the +ve and -ve ends yourself, so if you don't want a bulk USB A plug you don't need one.
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Posted 8 years ago
I put the power bust in my old not working gameboy. Together with raspberry zero and 3.5 display from adafruit. It works very fine....
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Posted 9 years ago