I'm thinking about making an accessibility gadget for my mother using an #Arduino. I need it to be portable. How would you go about powering it?

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@EnaWasHere they make ready-made shields with a battery charger and a battery I think

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@EnaWasHere maybe sth like this? depends how small/light you want it to be. I like socketed standard cells for ease of replacement vi.aliexpress.com/item/1005001

@noiob oh that seems practical. I'll look into that

@EnaWasHere there's probably ones with flat li-pos too

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