Easiest Way to Run BBB off of a Battery?

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Hi,
I am looking for a way to run my BBB off of a rechargeable battery. I want to be able to run either a full or headless system, with a wireless adapter plugged in over USB. I don’t have much electronics experience, and would rather not have to solder anything on to my board. If there is a simple-ish way that I can get a battery hooked up using the battery/charging pins on the board (without a cape), I would really appreciate instructions on finding the correct battery and setting it up!

Thanks,
Wasabi Fan

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No need 2 touch the BBB. Get your rechargeable battery or batteries with about 6V output, a 2.1x5.5 mm barrel plug, a 100 uF capacitor, and a 7805 voltage regulator and you are in business.

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Wasabi Fan <junkytomato@hotmail.com> [13-09-07 19:08]:

Hi,
I am looking for a way to run my BBB off of a rechargeable battery. I want
to be able to run either a full or headless system, with a wireless adapter
plugged in over USB. I don't have much electronics experience, and would
rather not have to solder anything on to my board. If there is a simple-ish
way that I can get a battery hooked up using the battery/charging pins on
the board (without a cape), I would really appreciate instructions on
finding the correct battery and setting it up!

Thanks,
Wasabi Fan

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Hi,

I am running my BBB with LCD7 off a rechargeable emergency pocket charger for cell phones like
this one:
http://www.reichelt.de/Mobile-Powerpacks/VTB-22/3/index.html?&ACTION=3&LA=446&ARTICLE=117929&GROUPID=4491&artnr=VTB+22
delivers 5V/2A 7200mAh.

Charging is simplistic: Connect to the USB port and wait.

HTH!
Best regards,
mcc

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  1. Get one of those USB charging gizmos like an uNu Enerpak or Duracell pocket charger.
  2. Plug a mini-USB cable between the charger and the BBB.
  3. Done!

I ran my BBB over 9 hours on a 5000mAh uNu as a test, and that was with a GPS receiver on top of the Beaglebone. YMMV.