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aitneinc
 
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Battery Power

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Is it possible, through the use of regulators or series/parallel batteries, to use a 4.7v lithium-ion battery to power a 5VDC board? If so, what sort of circuitry would be required? Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.

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zener
 
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Re: Battery Power

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Chances are:

The specifications of the board allow the 5V to be low by some amount (translation: look at the specs of the board)
The 4.7V battery actually charges to some voltage higher than 4.7V

So that means: Just hook the battery to the board.

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Re: Battery Power

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If you really do need 5v look into a boost converter.

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