On november 26 the raspberry pi foundation announced the raspberry pi zero a 5 usd computer that shares the same architecture as the original raspberry pi and a b models with a slightly faster processor clock 1 ghz 512 mb of ram and sans many of.
Raspberry pi zero w power consumption mah.
Why don t you try using a sleepy pi 2 to optimise your battery life and get the longest runtime you can.
Watts voltage x current so in raw terms the pi zero w at idle will use 0 6w however that ignores any power loss in the psu converting from mains electricity to the 5v needed by the pi zero w.
802 11 b g n wireless lan.
The raspberry pi zero uses about the same amount of power as the a and at least 50 less power than any other pi b 2 b 3 b.
An individual gpio pin can only safely draw 16ma.
For raspberry pi 4 we recommend our 3a usb c supply.
The gpio pins can draw 50ma safely distributed across all the pins.
Bluetooth low energy ble like the pi zero it also has.
The raspberry pi boards typically draw much lower amounts between 200 and 500ma.
The recommended amount is between 700ma for a raspberry pi model a and up to 2 5a for a raspberry pi 3 model b see power supply requirements in the magpi issue 56 page 39.
Assuming 80 efficiency that s still only 0 75 watts which works out as 6 5kwh for a whole year which would cost you roughly 80pence for a whole year in the uk.
Launched at the end of february 2017 the pi zero w has all the functionality of the original pi zero but comes with added connectivity consisting of.
For raspberry pi 0 3 we recommend our 2 5a micro usb supply.