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RE: MintBox Mini 2 & Fitlet 2 - fanless IOT low power, perfect for digital nomad van life!
how ya mean? well i'm sure they have a flavour of linux they use, chuck on a cheap tft 11" screen from amazon, wireless mouse and keyboard (logitech) -- if ya wanna be offgrid as such to power it, some nice deep cycle yausi batteries and a solar panel and run it off that (straight or inverter) not a lot really to get it going, seems it does'nt use a lot of panel. read the spec sheet for more.
I use a step down (buck) converter to step down my 12V battery bank to 5V and power all of my Raspberry Pi computers from that. The good thing about a buck is the input can vary (ie.11.8-14.5) during charge cycle of 12V AGM or lead acid.
ok, that's good to know. do you have a link to the one that you use?
I use this one for set and forget:
http://www.icstation.com/lm2596s-adjustable-buck-converter-mini-step-down-converter-power-supply-module-125v-p-1712.html
I use a couple of these for when I want to monitor output:
http://www.icstation.com/step-down-buck-converter-constant-current-constant-voltage-meter-power-supply-charger-module-p-2455.html
Remember that USB cheap USB cables can have a lot of voltage drop.