Blinkie battery life first test complete
Jan. 6th, 2012 11:01 pmThe blinkie ran about 27 to 28 hours with blue LEDs. I think it'd probably run at least another 10 hours with red or green LEDs, maybe 5 more with yellow. Not because they draw less power, but because they will run on fewer volts. The chip will run on practically nothing, I think it'll keep running down to 1.2 volts or something like that, but blue LEDs need 3.2 volts or so to light up, whereas red LEDs will keep running down to I think a bit less than 2 volts.
27 hours with blue is acceptable to me. When I get the full kits in 3 or 4 weeks I'll assemble some with different colors and see how they do.
27 hours with blue is acceptable to me. When I get the full kits in 3 or 4 weeks I'll assemble some with different colors and see how they do.