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Powering the Arduino Mega with a Lithium Battery

Step 5Scrunch the wires down to make room for your circuit or shields

Scrunch the wires down to make room for your circuit or shields
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  • 006 Finished circuit with a touchshield.JPG
The wires will usually stick up a little, and so scrunch them down to make room for whatever circuit or shield you'll want to build on top of the Arduino Mega, like the pictures show.

Voila, done!

Not terribly complicated, but I've gotten lots of emails about it from people who just want to make sure they're doing everything by the book!

To charge the Mega Lithium BackPack, place the switch in the CHRG - for "Charge" - position, and then connect the USB power port to the computer or a USB outlet charger. To use the power in the battery, put the switch to the other position, the "Batt" position.
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