Seeed Studio XIAO ESP32S3 Sense - battery problem

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Hi everyone,

I’m considering buying the Seeed Studio XIAO ESP32S3 Sense for a wearable camera project that takes pictures every 30 seconds, stores them locally, and uploads them to the cloud when charging for daily activity classification. Before purchasing, I want to understand how to power it with a battery, preferably without soldering.

I saw others had issues running it on battery alone—does anyone have a reliable setup?

A few questions:

  1. Which battery should I buy? I couldn’t find one on the Seeed store.

  2. How do I connect it without soldering?

  3. Will it power on automatically from a battery, or is extra setup needed?

Any beginner-friendly advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!