Raspberry Pi Power Circuit Advice Needed

Joson asked Jul 31,2020
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Looking for advice on improving this circuit. I use a 3S Li-Ion battery into a buck converter to power a Raspi trail camera with an on/off switch and led indicator.

I use a largish resistor because I like a dim LED. I have a BMS on the battery. Anything I can do to improve this circuit?

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    Move the power switch to the buck's input. Switchmode converters still consume power when their output isn't being used.

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    One idea is to connect the LED to a GPIO pin as opposed to a power pin. You would flash it once every 5 seconds as a sign of life. This saves you battery power and it lets you know that the pi functions correctly, in addition to the power working correctly.

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