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mikecomputing	2016-03-08 , 19:53
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Originally Posted by mosen

Been there.
Done that.

You sure have a solution how to power the pi reliably for some hours and reduce the thickness and weight a bit?
I used a 6000mah powerbank and the total weight was still "impractical".
Atleast thats where this hack ended for me and the pi went back to its pibowcase doing Kodi/OSMC hooked to a projector.

Thickness: remove the USB/LAN contacts is probadly easy task.

Save power yes RPi is eating current

But there is probadly some tricks:

* get rid of the LAN chip or turn it off if possible
* USB HUB onboard, power it off atleast when not used.
* Wifi same as above

I guess there is plenty to do in the OS to save power.

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