The use of the ESP8266 in the world of IoT

User avatar
By ChrixXenon
#9048 I want to battery-power a Thing.

LiPo seems the obvious choice - being closest to the 3.3v needed, but I need to step it down (and up?) and regulate it to 3,3v need from the 3.2 - 4.0 volts which LiPos deliver throughout their charge range. Even if LiPos are not the best choice - there is a need to convert and stabilise fluctuating voltage around 3v - 6v to 3.3v.

The so-called high efficiency digital regulators I have burn 17mA with nothing connected to them - so they are immediately ruled out.

Is there a clear winner product for this scenario?
User avatar
By reaper7
#9053 Personally I use 18650 accu -> TI TPS73633 LDO -> ESP8266 +BMP180+SHT21+INA219
deepsleep mode and every 5mins upload data to thingspeak
User avatar
By alonewolfx2
#9059
reaper7 wrote:Personally I use 18650 accu -> TI TPS73633 LDO -> ESP8266 +BMP180+SHT21+INA219
deepsleep mode and every 5mins upload data to thingspeak


can you share your schematic? TPS73633 seems very usefull