Best Rechargeable Battery for Your FPGA Game Boy: Ni-MH vs. Ni-Zn!
36Which rechargeable battery is truly the best for your power-hungry FPGA Game Boy? With the release of the AA-powered ModRetro Chromatic, the old question of battery life has a new contender. Is it the old standby, Nickel-Metal Hydride (Ni-MH), or the newcomer with a higher voltage, Nickel-Zinc (Ni-Zn)? Sci-Gold sent me some batteries to test and find out
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I'm putting them to the test with some real science! In this video, I run a data-driven, head-to-head-to-head battery drain test using the ModRetro Chromatic, the Analogue Pocket, and the FunnyPlaying FPGBC, all running Tetris DX at full brightness. We'll test generic Ni-MH batteries against the new SciGold Ni-MH and Ni-Zn rechargeable AAs to see who is the true champion of longevity.
Plus, I'll explore why the higher voltage of Ni-Zn batteries makes them the secret weapon for other retro tech, like your old Walkman cassette player! If you love reproducible empirical data and retro handhelds, this one's for you!
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Scigold AA Battery Products
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Chapters
[0:00] Intro: The Big Battery Question
[1:07] The Test Setup: Science Time!
[2:02] The SciGold Batteries & USB-C Charger
[2:42] Testing Methodology
[3:55] Result 1: Analogue Pocket (Li-ion)
[4:25] Result 2: FunnyPlaying FPGBC (Li-ion)
[4:41] Result 3: Chromatic Baseline (Generic Ni-MH)
[4:52] The Main Event: Sci-Gold Ni-MH Test
[5:26] The Challenger: Sci-Gold Ni-Zn Test
[6:15] The Other Strength of Zinc Batteries
[6:52] Conclusion & Final Results
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