{"id":14347,"date":"2016-03-15T12:47:53","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T11:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14347"},"modified":"2016-03-15T12:47:53","modified_gmt":"2016-03-15T11:47:53","slug":"build-yourself-a-portable-power-source-for-the-raspberry-pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14347","title":{"rendered":"Build yourself a portable power source for the Raspberry Pi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.instructables.com\/FA1\/637X\/ILS8U02T\/FA1637XILS8U02T.MEDIUM.jpg?resize=560%2C420\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are a couple of pre-built solutions for powering the Raspberry Pi on a portable basis. Some are actually &#8216;out there&#8217;, some are&#8230; a bit delayed, we&#8217;ll say.\u00a0Instructables user DylanD581 has written <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/Raspberry-Pi-PowerHAT\/?ALLSTEPS\" target=\"_blank\">a great tutorial<\/a> which uses an <a href=\"http:\/\/thepihut.com\/collections\/raspberry-pi-hats\/products\/adafruit-perma-proto-hat-for-raspberry-pi-no-eeprom\" target=\"_blank\">Adafruit HAT prototyping board<\/a>\u00a0and a bunch of other components to create a portable power source which uses a LiPo battery. It gives you the following possibilities in terms of powering your Pi:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Power the Raspberry Pi with a LiPo Battery Only<\/li>\n<li>Power the Raspberry Pi with a Micro USB Cable Only<\/li>\n<li>Power the Raspberry Pi with an External Power Source Only<\/li>\n<li>Charge the LiPo Battery and Power the Raspberry Pi with a Micro USB Cable Only<\/li>\n<li>Charge the LiPo Battery and Power the Raspberry Pi with an External Power Source Only<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It&#8217;s really quite versatile and well worth the time it takes to solder it up. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/Raspberry-Pi-PowerHAT\/?ALLSTEPS\" target=\"_blank\">Take a look at the tutorial here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a couple of pre-built solutions for powering the Raspberry Pi on a portable basis. 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