Raspberry Pi Zero W as a headless time-lapse camera

Re:Raspberry Pi Zero W as a headless time-lapse camera by durkie on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @07:43AM (#13866652)

I have a similar project for monitoring fruit trees. We use a SleepyPi add on to our pi zero (basically an Arduino with a rtc module) in order to shut down the pi zero during the downtime and save battery. Should be able to run for several months this way.

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Re:Raspberry Pi Zero W as a headless time-lapse camera by geerlingguy on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @08:22AM (#13866872)

Neat! What kind of battery are you using with it?

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Re:Raspberry Pi Zero W as a headless time-lapse camera by durkie on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @09:27AM (#13867312)

Unfortunately the sleepy pi only accepts voltages greater than 6V I believe so we're using 6 eneloop AA batteries in series.

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