(2022-02-07, 07:39 PM)Finbar J Wrote: Hi PaddyB
There was a really interesting article about low power pi work here:
https://www.cnx-software.com/2021/12/09/...nsumption/
There is a LOT more to it than the storage option. It is possible to get a PI zero (with some work) to be still usuable at a fraction of the power consumption. If you are using it headless - a quick win is disabling the openGL and the other video (bit more work in Bullseye)
hope that this gives you some ideas. I just bought an extra 75 Amp hr deep cycle battery. I will just switch it to the alternator periodically
Thanks for the link, already read (though I had a larger current increase when using HDMI) & lots more from google...
it's data on the 3 options mentioned above which would be interesting, but influx/grafana & a little time testing will do that
