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  • Re: PI PICO W minimum voltage..

    From Computer Nerd Kev@3:633/10 to All on Tue May 12 08:38:17 2026
    The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:

    This is a bit of a puzzle. My oil sensor stopped transmitting last
    night. I replaced the batteries just now and its working again. The
    voltage from is 3 x AA supply had dropped to 4.2V. This is supposed to
    be enough to work a PICO W off? And IIRC on test it worked down to
    around 3.8V or so.


    Anyone know more?

    I don't know the Pico's power specs, but maybe there's resistance
    on one of the electrical connections, such that the voltage drops
    more under load than where and when you measured it?

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  • From The Natural Philosopher@3:633/10 to All on Mon May 11 17:28:01 2026
    On 11/05/2026 15:29, David Taylor wrote:
    On 11/05/2026 13:49, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
    This is a bit of a puzzle. My oil sensor stopped transmitting last
    night. I replaced the batteries just now and its working again. The
    voltage from is 3 x AA supply had dropped to 4.2V. This is supposed to
    be enough to work a PICO W off? And IIRC on test it worked down to
    around 3.8V or so.


    Anyone know more?

    The WiFi needs more....

    Yes. but allegedly not *that* much...On test it was the ultrasonic
    sensor that gave out before the wifi. At around 3.8V


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  • From The Natural Philosopher@3:633/10 to All on Mon May 11 13:49:28 2026
    This is a bit of a puzzle. My oil sensor stopped transmitting last
    night. I replaced the batteries just now and its working again. The
    voltage from is 3 x AA supply had dropped to 4.2V. This is supposed to
    be enough to work a PICO W off? And IIRC on test it worked down to
    around 3.8V or so.


    Anyone know more?

    --
    "When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign,
    that the dunces are all in confederacy against him."

    Jonathan Swift.

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  • From David Taylor@3:633/10 to All on Mon May 11 15:29:26 2026
    On 11/05/2026 13:49, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
    This is a bit of a puzzle. My oil sensor stopped transmitting last
    night. I replaced the batteries just now and its working again. The
    voltage from is 3 x AA supply had dropped to 4.2V. This is supposed to
    be enough to work a PICO W off? And IIRC on test it worked down to
    around 3.8V or so.


    Anyone know more?

    The WiFi needs more....

    --
    David
    Web: https://www.satsignal.eu

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  • From Nikita Nazarenko@1:229/616.3818 to The Natural Philosopher on Tue May 12 10:29:15 2026
    Hello

    This is a bit of a puzzle. My oil sensor stopped transmitting last
    night. I replaced the batteries just now and its working again. The voltage from is 3 x AA supply had dropped to 4.2V. This is supposed to
    be enough to work a PICO W off? And IIRC on test it worked down to
    around 3.8V or so.

    How did you check voltage? On working device, or on batteries itself?
    One of batteries may be depleted more than others and whole pack may give less current
    than usual.

    Best regards, Nikita.

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