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Power Draw and Battery Curves
The baseline power consumption for the AGBM-01 (no cartridge, no screen kit, audio muted) is ~165 mW (measured at 2.4V input).
Battery life here is calculated using the estimated energy in two AA eneloop pro batteries (6.24 Wh). Times are rounded to the nearest 5 minute interval. I tested a handful of these configurations myself with brand new eneloop pro batteries (battery curves seen below) and the times roughly line up with the calculated values. I found that many settings yielded battery life a bit longer than calculated, so you can consider these estimations to be somewhat conservative (depending on how old your batteries are and how many cycles they've seen). I did one test with alkaline AA batteries (Energizer) and the battery life was cut by roughly 50%.
The low battery LED turns on when the voltage passes 2.3V. This represents roughly 5 to 7% battery left. The LED begins blinking when the voltage passes 2.1V, which represents less than 1% battery life remaining.
Battery life can range anywhere between ~5 hours and ~11 hours, depending on settings. The "medium" brightness test case below represents my preferred play settings, which yields 9 hours of gameplay.
| Brightness | Cartridge Type | Volume | Headphones? | Power draw (mW) | Calculated Battery Life | Low Battery Threshold | Critical Battery Threshold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max | Everdrive | Max | No | 1175 | 5h20m | 20m | 3m |
| Max | Everdrive | Max | Yes | 1058 | 5h55m | 25m | 3m |
| Max | Everdrive | Mute | N/A | 1050 | 6h | 25m | 3m |
| Max | Original | Max | No | 1025 | 6h5m | 25m | 3m |
| Max | Original | Max | Yes | 980 | 6h20m | 25m | 3m |
| Max | Original | Mute | N/A | 973 | 6h25m | 25m | 3m |
| Medium | Original | Max | Yes | 690 | 9h | 35m | 4m |
| Min | Everdrive | Max | No | 705 | 8h50m | 35m | 4m |
| Min | Everdrive | Max | Yes | 643 | 9h45m | 40m | 5m |
| Min | Everdrive | Mute | N/A | 635 | 9h50m | 40m | 5m |
| Min | Original | Max | No | 608 | 10h15m | 40m | 5m |
| Min | Original | Max | Yes | 573 | 10h55m | 40m | 5m |
| Min | Original | Mute | N/A | 568 | 11h | 45m | 5m |
Note 1: These tests were done with Pixel Mode 1.
Battery life can range anywhere between ~8 hours and ~15 hours, depending on settings. The "medium" brightness test case below represents my preferred play settings, which yields 12 and a half hours of gameplay.
| Brightness | Cartridge Type | Volume | Headphones? | Power draw (mW) | Calculated Battery Life | Low Battery Threshold | Critical Battery Threshold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max | Everdrive | Max | No | 792 | 7h55m | 30m | 4m |
| Max | Everdrive | Max | Yes | 739 | 8h25m | 35m | 4m |
| Max | Everdrive | Mute | N/A | 732 | 8h30m | 35m | 4m |
| Max | OEM | Max | No | 720 | 8h40m | 35m | 4m |
| Max | OEM | Max | Yes | 682 | 9h5m | 35m | 4m |
| Max | OEM | Mute | N/A | 670 | 9h20m | 35m | 4m |
| Medium | OEM | Max | Yes | 502 | 12h25m | 50m | 6m |
| Min | Everdrive | Max | No | 528 | 11h50m | 50m | 6m |
| Min | Everdrive | Max | Yes | 475 | 13h10m | 50m | 6m |
| Min | Everdrive | Mute | N/A | 466 | 13h25m | 50m | 6m |
| Min | OEM | Max | No | 449 | 13h55m | 55m | 7m |
| Min | OEM | Max | Yes | 415 | 15h | 1h | 7m |
| Min | OEM | Mute | N/A | 410 | 15h15m | 1h | 7m |
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Here's a handful of the measured battery voltages for various settings for the nerds.

The baseline power consumption for the AGBM-01 (no cartridge, no screen kit, audio muted) is xxx mW (measured at 3.7V input).
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