Comments on: Powering the Raspberry PI Pico from External Batteries

By: peppe8o

peppe8o — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 14:16:43 +0000

In reply to Chorlton. Hi Chorlton, just to give you an update regarding the deepsleep mode... It is available in MicroPython and it works with Raspberry PI Pico W! I think you could find interesting my latest post: Raspberry PI Pico W Power Consumption (mA) and How to Reduce It

By: Edward K

Edward K — Wed, 07 Dec 2022 17:03:37 +0000

There are not enough “portable” projects for the Pico so this is useful. However date and time will require added sensor as it defaults to origin.

By: t

Sat, 29 Oct 2022 19:21:20 +0000

In reply to Chorlton.

The Pico supports deep sleep but the micropython port doesn’t support it. However, someone created a library: https://github.com/tomjorquera/pico-micropython-lowpower-workaround

By: peppe8o

peppe8o — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 13:14:21 +0000

In reply to Chorlton. Hi Chorlton, thank you for your appreciation. From MicroPython Docs, I can see that there is an implementation for deepsleep within the machine module, but it seems to be related to ESP32 (https://docs.micropython.org/en/latest/library/machine.html?highlight=deepsleep#machine.deepsleep). I've never tested this state, but it would be interesting looking if it works with the Pico

By: Chorlton

Chorlton — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 18:20:06 +0000

Another great article. Am I correct in thinking the Pico doesn’t have a low power sleep mode, of the type seen in other microcontrollers? I’m interested in how feasible running the Pico off batteries might be for anything other than a name badge (e.g. a garden humidity IoT device periodically sending data to a server and then sleeping)