This forum post is for feedback about the AirGradient Go battery life. Please read this article for more information: https://www.airgradient.com/blog/how-long-will-the-airgradient-go-battery-last.
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This is very cool! Love being able to configure what sensor readings to prioritize vs battery life.
Not sure if this is still possible-- but something that I think would be very useful would be a hardware button to toggle between the configured power profiles. And/or maybe a hardware button that can let us trigger a manual update of all sensors if we’re in a low power config (maybe with a setting to let us choose whether to trigger all sensors or just the ones that are on in the current power config?)
Question: If we use this mostly plugged in and sometimes on the go, how will that affect battery life? Is there a way to keep it in the <85% zone when plugged in like we can do with laptops and phones to maintain battery health?
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Hi @vlotty! Really appreciate the ideas here!
Since the firmware is open source, a lot of this is actually possible in the long run!
On the battery side, when the device is plugged in, it uses pass-through power. That means it runs directly from external power and doesn’t rely on the battery for normal operation. As for battery health, we could add measures to protect it as well - we are still in early stages.
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That’s great re: the battery.
Does the current hardware include physical buttons that could be programmed via firmware updates to do any of the feature ideas? (e.g. double click to manually update)
There are three touch-sensitive buttons that could be programmed to do that. By default, they are for navigation through the device’s menus/screens.
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