Czumanahana OP t1_j2d4rld wrote on December 31, 2022 at 10:28 AM

Right now I am using 2x 100max batteries. The life time is really poor - not even a day. Oleds are enabled, rgba is disabled. I am planning on replacing the oleds with nice!view. However I am worried that this will be not enough. Last resort is printing a case with some space for a bigger battery, but maybe you guys have other suggestions?

Tweetydabirdie t1_j2ddc8g wrote on December 31, 2022 at 12:22 PM

If you have the RGBs soldered, and external VCC on, they are drawing roughly 7-8mAh per LED in standby keeping the communication on.

And as said OLEDs are also a battery killer. With nice!views instead, and no RGB soldered, it’s a whole different story.

Czumanahana OP t1_j2de787 wrote on December 31, 2022 at 12:32 PM

Wow, thanks for the info! I was not aware of that. I guess it's desoldering time :D

Tweetydabirdie t1_j2dec1z wrote on December 31, 2022 at 12:34 PM

That should at least net you two days or possibly three.

sirbakealot t1_j2dc92x wrote on December 31, 2022 at 12:08 PM

the poor battery life is because of the oleds. another thing to take note of is that underglow leds will draw power even when disabled.

if you really want/need displays go for the nice!views and you'll get around of week of uptime on the central half.

I have 600mah in my build and the central half gets roughly two months on one charge, no displays

Czumanahana OP t1_j2dedz3 wrote on December 31, 2022 at 12:35 PM

Thanks! What about per key RGBs? Should I also desolder those?

sirbakealot t1_j2do84o wrote on December 31, 2022 at 2:12 PM

probably. I used a pcb with underglow only in the past, and even with external power disabled in the fw the drain was still noticeable

Malcolmlisk t1_j2egw6l wrote on December 31, 2022 at 5:40 PM

I want to build my own corne wireless but I cannot finish the whole list of componentes. Do you have the whole list of componentes for you setup? It's just beautiful.