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maweki on Nov 23, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Show HN: Build a robot with the $9 C.H.I.P. Comput...

I had problems with my C.H.I.P.s not booting fully when the power was not sufficient. They are very iffy that way. Also the WiFi is not great.

The larger PIs, on the other hand, will boot from a potato battery but will corrupt your SD-card doing so. If you can get away with using a PI-Zero (100mA max draw), you should do so. You can basically use anything to power it.

johncole on Nov 23, 2016 [–]

You can hook this robot, the GoPiGo, up to a Raspberry Pi Zero as well: http://www.dexterindustries.com/projects/gopigo-raspberry-pi... and a video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxZVe_N9Tbk&t=236s

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