Does VBAT accept 4.3V?

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jwatte

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The real-time-clock battery port is intended to connect to a CR2032 or similar battery.

There exists the LiCR2032 cell, which is a small lithium-ion battery in the CD2032 form factor, which means the battery can keep being re-charged and will "never" run out assuming it's charged now and then. (Another option here is a supercap, but I'm not going that way right now.)

The charging voltage of a Lithium battery may be as high as 4.3V, somewhat depending on chemistry.

Does the VBAT of the Teensy 3.5 accept the 4.3V of a fully-charged LiCR2032 battery, or is that voltage too high?

(Separately, the actual current draw on the 3.2V CR2032 will likely be low enough that a single non-rechargeable battery should last "long enough" anyway -- that may be the better engineering solution overall, but that's also not what this question is about :)
 
Okay, that rules out that approach! (Unless I can find LiFePO4 2032 cells...)
Thanks for the answer!
 
Interesting! Thanks for the links.
It looks like the LiFePO4 cell has a very long lifetime, too, at 1600 full cycles, rather than the Maxell 300 cycles at 20%.
 
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