On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 1:05 PM, Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > After seeing the pictures of the Neo connected to a battery powered > hub, I looked around the internet to see if there were any that could > hold more batteries, but couldn't find any. Then I thought that it > would be nice to have a battery powering the hub and fast charging the > Neo at the same time, but such a thing does not seem to exist. So I > took the circuit at http://www.elecfree.com/electronic/ipod-mp3-player- > charger-by-mc34063/<http://www.elecfree.com/electronic/ipod-mp3-player-charger-by-mc34063/>and > doubled it up to provide power for the hub and > the Neo. The preliminary results can be seen at > http://www.mamereplay.net/neo1973/ > > The hard drive and the USB ethernet card were working, but I am busy > updating my machine so I can build a kernel with support for the > wireless card. > I also need to thank whoever designed the USB port on the Neo, because > I wired the cable the wrong way around when I first connected it and > the phone was still working afterwards. >
This is pretty much what I'd like to do. 1) Gut old laptop. 2) Place a universal laptop battery with use charging port in the base ( http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/001641.php). 3) Add a USB hub, so the hub is powered by the battery and charges the Freerunner. 4) Solder the original laptopl USB ports to the ports in the hub. 5) Add a USB SecureDigital or CompactFlash card reader to the side of the laptop. 6) Cover the new guts with a USB keyboard. 7) Fix a miniUSB plug on the upper surface where the keyboard is, so the Freerunner can be mounted on its side to connect to the hub inside and viewed like a mini laptop screen. Now you have Palm Folio-like device to keep your Freerunner running. Extra points for also implementing: 8) Put a USB HDD or SSD inside. 9) Put a solar panel on the outside, so you can trickel charge the universal battery. 10) Add a USB PCMCIA adapter ( http://sewelldirect.com/U142-USB-to-Cardbus-Adapter-for-3G-High-Speed-Modem-PCMCIA-Cards.asp ). 11) Install a USB to video output device and connect it to a new screen where the old laptop screen was. One may be able to make life easier and use the guts of a universal USB docking station with VGA output 9 http://www.startech.com/item/USBVGADOCK-USB-to-VGA-4-in-1-Docking-Station.aspx ). -Charles
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