A few months back I build a wireless Lily58 to replace my wired Lily. And while for the most part I love it, I have noticed that the left “central” half drains it’s battery 2-3x faster than the peripheral half(typically in less than 72 hours. This has lead to me keeping it plugged in most the of the time.
I have read that getting a dedicated dongle can help improve this, and I’ll definitely look into that, but I was wondering if there was any modifications that may improve the lifespan.
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The board is from typeractive, with the Nice!Nano v2 and Nice!display, as well as the batteries typeractive ships.
there’s a setting for the radio strength between the halves. i‘ve cranked it, cuz i want the halves to be able to communicate through obstacles, but lowering it may improve battery life.
I’ll have to look into that, my two halves are never more than a couple feet apart, and always with LOS, so I should be able to get away with pretty low power.