Description

Raspberry Pi (especially the Zero series) are begging to be portable. This LiPo SHIM is just the trick to add a single LiPo cell to the unit and get a solid 5V feed to your Pi.

Installation can be either temporary by using 2×6 pins, or soldering it directly to the GPIO pin header. There’s even GPIO 4 access you can have the Pi monitor for a low battery condition.

Specifications:

• 2 Pin JST Header
• Power and Low-Batt LED indicators
• Capable of 1.5A continuous current
• 15µA quiescent current
• 3.4V “low battery” trigger
• Auto-shutdown at 3.0V

Note:

• This kit requires soldering (for either directly to the Pi, or to attach the plug-in header)
• This is not also a battery charger, like the Adafruit Powerboost is (and happens to be another useful module for similar purposes)
• It’s an easy 1-line code add-on to your Pi to have it monitor and auto-shutdown.