Super capacitor?

[RavenManiac]

I hear a lot of people talking about preferring a super capacitor over a battery. Is that simply a matter of swapping out the battery with a super capacitor or does the Mini 0806 hardware or software need to be modified as well?

 

[jokiin]

hardware and firmware are both different to suit

 

[mr_milo]

The software needs an instant off feature added at minimum. I've converted my Mini 0803 but had to use a lot of capacitance to overcome the delayed shutoff and screen turning on at shutdown. My screen defaults to off after start up but the shutdown sequence turns it back on which hurts the ability to use a super cap. As far as hardware, the case would need to be larger or the super cap be mounted externally, as I had done on my Mini0803. I'm not sure if any other hardware changes that would be required.