# Battery Powered Raspberry Pi Displays w/RaspiRobot Shield

## Overview

![](https://cdn-learn.adafruit.com/assets/assets/000/018/411/medium800thumb/raspberry_pi_new.jpg?1448311786)

Although the RasPiRobot Board is primarily intended as a motor controller, it also includes a high current switch mode voltage regulator that allows you to power a Raspberry Pi from a wide range of battery types.

![](https://cdn-learn.adafruit.com/assets/assets/000/018/328/medium800/raspberry_pi_overview_copy.jpg?1406101997)

In this tutorial you will learn how to use the RasPiRobot Shield and an AA battery pack to make a portable Raspberry Pi powered display.  
The display will show the current time as scrolling text, but the project can easily be modified to display other scrolling text messages.  
The parts used in this project are listed in the Featured Products bar on the right of your screen.

- [Next Page](https://learn.adafruit.com/raspirobot-battery-powered-raspberry-pi-displays/wiring.md)

## Featured Products

### 4 x AA Battery Holder with On/Off Switch

[4 x AA Battery Holder with On/Off Switch](https://www.adafruit.com/product/830)
Make a nice portable power pack with this 4 x AA battery holder. It fits any alkaline or rechargeable AA batteries in series. There's a snap on cover and an on/off switch which can be handy when wiring to something without a switch.

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### Raspberry Pi Model B+ 512MB RAM

[Raspberry Pi Model B+ 512MB RAM](https://www.adafruit.com/product/1914)
OMG OMG OMG, did you hear? There's a Raspberry Pi called the Model B+ and check it out...more USB ports, more GPIO, better power supply, four mounting holes, less sticky-out SD card! Yep, that's right, the fantastic engineers at Raspberry Pi HQ have blessed us with a new design....

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### RasPi Robot Board v3 by MonkMakes

[RasPi Robot Board v3 by MonkMakes](https://www.adafruit.com/product/1940)
The RaspiRobot Board v3 is an expansion board designed to turn your Raspberry Pi into a motor controller! This board comes fully assembled and includes a switched-mode power supply so you can supply your Raspberry Pi from a variety of battery packs.

The v3 fits right on top of your...

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### Adafruit Bicolor LED Square Pixel Matrix with I2C Backpack

[Adafruit Bicolor LED Square Pixel Matrix with I2C Backpack](https://www.adafruit.com/product/902)
What's better than a single LED? Lots of LEDs! A fun way to make a small colorful display is to use a [1.2" Bi-color 8x8 LED Matrix](http://www.adafruit.com/products/458). Matrices like these are 'multiplexed' - so to control all the 128 LEDs you need 24 pins....

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