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### Battery Connection
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The Nano family was not designed to be battery powered, so it has no battery charging circuit, and does not have battery under voltage protections.
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Nano boards can be powered with batteries, but they do not come with a **battery charging circuit** or **battery protection circuit**.
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Many LiPo batteries have a built-in protection circuit, but some does not. In short, this means overdischarge can happen when powering the board with a LiPo battery. See the section below for more information.
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### Battery Overdischarge Warning
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If you want to connect a battery to a Nano, do so by using the VIN pin but you have to keep in mind VIN minimum requirements (which means a single cell battery won't be enough). Since there's no under voltage protection, a battery without a protection circuit will be damaged if it is kept connected to the Nano board even after it is completely discharged. It is thus recommended not to connect a battery directly but rather to use circuits like those in USB pattery packs that provide a stabilized 5V power supply and protect the battery from undervoltage.
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