Components: AIOv2, 3x10000mah batteries in parallel, BMS and charging boards, 4G LTE modem, wifi monitoring board, cooling fan, 3D printed cases. Running Trixie on CM5 8GB and 512GB SSD. All working ok. Getting around 9-10 hours on batteries with all systems active. The bloated body allows better grip but I mostly place this on a table for signal monitoring in the field.
Also working: not in the photos but I tried HackRF R10C board with proper RF shielding, SDR v4 dongle and Adalm Pluto, internal USB dongle, ESP32 c5, c6, s3 etc.
Such a fantasy device for the tinkerers! Thanks to the uConsole team and also Rex!!
I find this really exciting because I’ve been struggling with 2x dinky little 18650s to run my CM5 system for more than an hour or so.
I’m hesitant about doing this myself because I really enjoy the uConsole’s slim profile. I’ve considered taking off the lid of the battery bulge, soldering on some magnets for attachment, and carrying more 18650s with me, but swapping every hour or so just seems a little pathetic even if I do remember. I’ve also thought about wiring up two more cells in parallel and making little grips that contain them, so they flank the keyboard, but again, I worry about portability, and doubling my battery life takes it up to (ooooh, ahhhh) 2 hours.
Knowing you have successfully performed this mod, I may take off the bulge lid as before but use LiPo cells, so I can (using an external battery source to stay alive) move between 18650s and a big old battery snap-on. Thanks for the idea, and for sharing.
I have been thinking of how to do AIO v2 and LTE I already own the uConsole 4g board anyway I can do both maybe with some sort of converter for the existing 4g board (I know this is slightly unrelated but they mention AIO and let and I want to know how they did it)?
