If you’re building any type of mobile Raspberry Pi project, you know that power management can be a bit of a chore. Pi Power is a GitHub project that simplifies the whole process by adding a set of instructions to control battery power with a variety of button presses.




As you’d expect, the whole thing requires a bunch of buttons and cables, but here’s how it works:

To power it up from a cold state, press a button for a few seconds

To power it off, press the same button for a few seconds

Indicate how much power remains in the battery

Provide an alert when that is running really low

Shut down safely without any data corruption if the battery does run out

To recharge the battery, just plug in a cable from a USB charger

If you’re working on any type of mobile Pi project, this is a pretty solid solution to the power management problem. Head over to GitHub for the full details.


Pi Power | GitHub via Adafruit