Snickerdoodle and Single Cell Lithium Ion/Lithium Polymer Batteries

[weath...@krtkl.com]

Yes, snickerdoodle has been designed to run off of single cell 3.7V Lithium Ion batteries like the one shown in the attached photo.
These are the same type of rigid cased Li-Ion cells used in electric cars.

The 18650 3.7V 2600mAh Li-Ion battery shown runs $9.99 retail. This cell has integrated protection circuitry for those of us that like myself are a bit paranoid about Lithium Ion/Lithium Polymer batteries (http://www.tenergy.com/30049)
An 18650 Li-Ion battery holder runs about $2-3 depending on your selection (e.g. http://www.digikey.com/product-search/en/battery-products/battery-holders-clips-contacts/393250?k=keystone%201044)

We've had a few people request more detailed power consumption figures.  There are a lot of operating modes for the snickerdoodle extending all the way down to 10mW in full platform controller sleep mode but with typical operation more in the 800-1000mW range while running Linux.

[weath...@krtkl.com]

BTW for those who are obsessed with the Raspberry Pi, I'd like to note that it is incapable of running directly off of a single cell 3.7V lithium-ion or lithium polymer battery directly as is requires a 5V power supply:
https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=91&t=81073  
https://www.raspberrypi.org/help/faqs/#powerReqs