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Where does it draw power from? Does it have to be permanently connected or does it have a battery?

I have a lilygo T-Display (which costs less than a 10th of the Busy Status Bar), but I intended to use it untethered and freely movable on the desk. Sadly the battery life is so bad that I basically have to leave it plugged in all the time.




> Where does it draw power from? Does it have to be permanently connected or does it have a battery?

Since it's not mentioned in text, extrapolating from the photos (sometimes it's connected with a cable, sometimes not) I'd have to assume it has a battery.


The natural follow up would be: How often do I have to plug it in? If I have to charge it daily it is probably too much of a hassle and I'll have to have it plugged-in all the time.


Once per day, 9h battery life. From the blog post.

https://busy.bar/blog/developing-the-mechanical-and-electric...


On the image which shows the back screen, you can also see a battery icon in the lower right, so that's a very safe bet.


Standard these days is chargeable, have to imagine that is the case here.




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