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Re:Arduino Goes Pro at CES 2020 by Karunamon on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @01:32PM (#21982967)
Great comment!

I wonder if the newer low-self-discharge batteries might get you even more lengthy usage times. Something like a gen 2 Eneloop lite can hold onto 60% of its capacity after five years[1], which is just plain insane.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eneloop#AA_size

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Re:Arduino Goes Pro at CES 2020 by jschwartzi on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @02:01PM (#21983364)
If this is true, this makes possible a lot of very-low-power wireless applications where longevity is important. I'm recalling a project at my first job where we were using e-paper and CR2032s with wireless transceivers to create electronic shelf labels.

Longevity is important in this application because replacing batteries is very labor-intensive.

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