Hello everyone,
as you may know, I succesfully ran a 3.7v battery on which the contacts
did not match the Ben by running raw wires from the Ben terminals to the
+ and - terminals of said battery. Here are some pics of how that went
proving that it worked. There are also pics of my most recent keyboard
mod, which is simply painting all the keys grey with diluted acrylic
paint (brush style). I have since removed the paint and have found my
missing F key that I had to hand-make a replacement for, so I will be
rearranging the keyboard to qwerty layout since the action really is
best that way. WHat I may do is just paint over some keys (the letter
ones).
Anyway here is the first wave of pics:
http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/File:Grey-keys-on-lap.jpg
http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/File:Lap-closeup.jpg
http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/File:Battery-hack-crude-up.jpg
http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/File:Battery-hack-crude-angle.jpg
http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/File:Layout-closeup.jpg
http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/File:Jlime-wallpaper.jpg
http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/File:Battery-hack-crude-back-angle.jpg
http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/File:Closeup-of-battery.jpg
Now what I did recently is to get some insulated crimp pin connectors
from RadioShack so as to have nice battery pins. I found an Altoids tin
that matched the size of most of my cell phone batteries lying around at
3.6-3.7v. I drilled 2 holes so far into the ends where the contacts line
up and put the pins in the holes, making a sort of makeshift battery
pack. So far the holes only fit one type of battery, the Motorola BQ50,
but I just need to drill new holes for the other 3 or 4 types I have.
Then I can adjust the battery contacts just by moving them into the
right holes (like playing BattleShip!:)) I have not crimped wire onto
the pins yet, nor have I decided what to do about the Nanonote terminal
side. I did get some 300V 18 gauge wire that should do quite nicely once
I find out how to strip, crimp, etc. properly. Perhaps I could make a
balsa wood faux battery that would sit in the nano and run wires out
from that to the tin, only I'm not sure how I would make the contacts
for that battery or how I would attach the wires. (soldering?). The good
thing about this hack is that it does not require a circuit booster like
the MintyBoost does. Any help or feedback is highly appreciated, thanks.
When this hack is better, it will allow use of ANY 3.7v cell
phone/other battery on the Nanonote. (and there are a lot out there)
here are the prototype pics:
http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/File:Battery-hack-smoother-alpha1.jpg
http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/File:Battery-hack-smoother-angle.jpg
http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/File:Battery-hack-disguise.jpg
http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/File:Battery-hack-smoother-contact-pin-closeup.jpg
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