battery life
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I knocked up some door sensors with a nano and a 2300mAh 18650 using the sketch in the demo page
problem is Im only getting about 3 days battery life have verified the capacity of the batteries in my opus and the batteries are good
Ive always used mains power on a usb for my temp sensors this is my first attempt at a battery one
would I be better using a different arduino I was hoping for it to last months not days
any help would be good
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@arden if you haven’t already, take a look at
https://www.mysensors.org/build/battery
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thanks
I've ordered some 3.3V version Arduino Pro Minis and will try again
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Did you do it all right? Everything works now?
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Has your issue been resolved? I'm interested as I'm in a similar situation at the moment.
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@HectorAllen - there are many examples on battery operated nodes. I have nodes running for 1.5 years measuring both temp, humidity, open/closed states, pulses and other stuff. To be able to do this you have to modify the nodes - its not possible to run a nano, 5v pro mini or uno out of the box and get a long life.
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@sundberg84 Indeed!
@HectorAllen Follow the suggestions in here: https://www.mysensors.org/build/battery
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it is enough to connect a more capacious battery!