A Pi5 uses a 5V 3A charger. Four AA batteries in series should give you 4-6V (the voltage changes as they discharge) and around 2A (going by the labelling on my rechargeables). So you might be able to run a Pi5 at full throttle for an hour or so given 8 AAs. There would be some loss at the buck-boost converter you'd need to guarantee an output of exactly 5V.

Using four Ds instead would simplify the wiring a bit and keep it running longer.

Mwa@thelemmy.club · 1 pts · 28d

5V 3A is the bare minimum and 5V 5A is the recommended btw

GenosseFlosse@feddit.org · 1 pts · 30d (1 reply)

You could also run a normal PC on 6 aa batteries, just not very long...

Mwa@thelemmy.club · 1 pts · 29d

Oh cool

potter2010@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 30d

degen@midwest.social · 5 pts · 30d

Average pkcell enjoyer

Marija_@programming.dev · 4 pts · 29d

Haha, absolute chaotic energy built on open-source optimocracy.

valkyre09@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 30d

Reminds me of the SNL sketch for a battery powered car

https://youtu.be/0k1tbf8muMc?is=YM1LdVJQIPiT6Hur