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By robofred
#27353 I get a nice a 3.7volt with my "ESP8266 Thing" from SparkFun, using the LiPo batteries that they also sell.

This is my board: https://www.sparkfun.com/products/13231

And the LiPo battery: https://www.sparkfun.com/products/339
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By torntrousers
#27387
AlexPilk wrote:Thanks! How about this? It's a 1000mah coin battery:
http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/H ... 53101.html

If those CR2477s have similar current capabilities as a CR2450 then a single one probably wont work - see my attempts with CR2450s here and here.

And those button cells are quite expensive. If its small size you need what about a single AAA with a boost convertor to get 3.3v? Or a small LIPO like these 240mAh ones. Thats similar in size to an ESP-07 and should last a good few hours depending on the WiFi use.
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By AlexPilk
#27421
torntrousers wrote:
AlexPilk wrote:Thanks! How about this? It's a 1000mah coin battery:
http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/H ... 53101.html

If those CR2477s have similar current capabilities as a CR2450 then a single one probably wont work - see my attempts with CR2450s here and here.

And those button cells are quite expensive. If its small size you need what about a single AAA with a boost convertor to get 3.3v? Or a small LIPO like these 240mAh ones. Thats similar in size to an ESP-07 and should last a good few hours depending on the WiFi use.


Thanks! Is there a user-friendly way to charge such LIPO batteries? And about the coin cells - looks like it's a good idea to use 2 500-600 mAh connected in parallel. But in your case ESP8266 was sleeping most of the time. Does it mean that if you send 1 request on average every minute - they will die in 72 minutes?