blinkie testing
Dec. 25th, 2010 01:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
johnridleySo, I've been testing my blinkie prototype for Duckon 2011. I'm switching to coin cell batteries (CR2032) because honestly these days they're cheaper than four LR44s, and they have the same power capacity, is more compact and you can easily buy holders for them that are easily soldered on.
I chose a really low power microcontroller and put some nod in the firmware to power savings, and wanted to let the prototype run until it killed a battery.
This could take a while. So far it's been running for 32 hours, and though it's not as bright as when the battery was fresh, it's still going fine. It ran very bright for probably a good 18 hours.
Edit: 60 hours and it's still running, though dimming noticeably. For some reason the green is dimmer than the red.
I chose a really low power microcontroller and put some nod in the firmware to power savings, and wanted to let the prototype run until it killed a battery.
This could take a while. So far it's been running for 32 hours, and though it's not as bright as when the battery was fresh, it's still going fine. It ran very bright for probably a good 18 hours.
Edit: 60 hours and it's still running, though dimming noticeably. For some reason the green is dimmer than the red.
