A LiIon might be located (3.6V) that could be boosted to 5V regulated. There MIGHT be a paper-thin NiMH, but I doubt it. A CR2032 can't even deliver 10mA. A 10' drop is a very heavy drop! Not many products will survive that, except the older Fluke meters. Chris Emerson wrote: >I'm looking for a battery for a (hobby) project, and I'd be interested >in any suggestions. > >Requirements (most are flexible): >* Needs to be quite small; the usual AA/AAA are a bit bigger than I'd >like. Something about the size of a CR2032 would be great, but could be >a bit bigger. > >* Current needs are 5-10mA continuously (a small PIC and other bits), >with regular short bursts of about 30-50mA (driving a 40kHz ultrasonic >transducer). The battery would ideally last at least half an hour. > >* This project may occasionally be dropped, possibly from ~10 feet. >It's not a disaster if a removable battery comes out at impact, but I'd >hope it wouldn't be too damaged. > >* Preferably rechargeable, so I don't have to keep buying more >batteries. I'd be willing to build a simple charger (eg with an >easy-to-use IC) for it. > >* Unless it's 5-6V (regulated down for the PIC), I'll need to work out >how to boost it to drive the tansducer with ~10V peak-to-peak. > >Now that I write it down it sounds pretty difficult to achieve! I'd >appreciate any suggestions. > >Regards, > >Chris > > -- Note: To protect our network, attachments must be sent to attach@engineer.cotse.net . 1-520-850-1673 USA/Canada http://beam.to/azengineer -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist