In article <7x1um6928y....@ruckus.brouhaha.com>, Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> The Raspberry Pi is not really appropriate for a low powered portable > application anyway, because of relatively high power requirements > compared to an 8 bitter without all that media playback stuff. It sounds like I can run one on 300mA @ 5V. For my application, I'll have about 10 A-h available at 12V (motorcycle battery). Assuming (mumble, cough, cough) 75% down-conversion efficiency, 120 W-h @ 12V gets me 90 W-h @ 5V, which is 18 A-h, or 60 hours of operation. Of course, I've got to run some other stuff too, but I don't think the Raspberry Pi is going to blow my power budget. In any case, the dirt-cheap price makes it really attractive. With what I save on silicon, I can afford to buy more lead :-) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
