Do the Nano 5V and Mini Pro 5V have different rated and maximum current specs?

You are saying that separating power supplies might be the way to get the total current usage low enough to make the servo work? I would prefer to use the same power supplies and I am wondering why it is working with the nano, but not the pro mini. I thought the only difference was the USB jack. Sorry to repeat that, but that is my main question I guess.

I did forget to mention the removed regulator. :confused: Another thing I forgot was in the drawing - to add the decoupling capacitor to the servo. This was required to make the servo non-jittery (with the nano). In fact a 1000uF capacitor was not enough. The next size up I had was a 2400uF, which smoothed out the servo and PIR operation nicely.

According to the site (http://www.home-automation-community.com/arduino-low-power-how-to-run-atmega328p-for-a-year-on-coin-cell-battery/), removing the regulator will save only 18 uA in sleep mode, so yes maybe I shouldn't remove it when my next minis arrive. However, the range of processor operating voltages is 1.8-5.5V with an absolute maximum of 6V, which means I should be able to power if off either the battery pack or the DC power pack because both are 5.3V after the diode.

Chris please note that I didn't have 2 battery packs in the diagrams, it is 1 battery pack and a DC pack.

I plan to rebuild the circuit as per either diagram A or B in post number 5 at:

http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=422160.0

However, I plan to incorporate a 3 pin DC jack in either a battery charging or battery elimination setup. Thing is, only the battery elimination part I understand so far. I would like to understand how to charge a LiFePO4 battery this way. Float charging a single or double cell up to 90%. I learned a couple of things from the following forum post about float charging a LiFePO4 battery as being similar to charging a capacitor and being able to leave the charger connected to the circuit.

http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=425890.0
http://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/90529/what-to-do-with-third-contact-in-dc-barrel-plug-with-only-two-input-contacts
https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10785 (discussed in comments section)