Re: [Tinkerphones] New tinkerphone gadgets in Goldelico shop?

2017-11-14 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Arsenijs, > Am 14.11.2017 um 19:10 schrieb Pičugins Arsenijs : > >> But are they safe for those batteries ? Did you try them? > > I have disassembled some of the "universal springy pins" chargers and they do > not seem safe, they don't seem to use specialised charging ICs

Re: [Tinkerphones] New tinkerphone gadgets in Goldelico shop?

2017-11-14 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
> Am 14.11.2017 um 18:29 schrieb Xavi Drudis Ferran : > > El Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 10:20:12AM -0700, j deia: >> you can get universal battery chargers in Ebay, they are spring loaded and >> have charge pins that can be moved side to side to accommodate most cell >> phone

Re: [Tinkerphones] New tinkerphone gadgets in Goldelico shop?

2017-11-14 Thread Belisko Marek
Hi Nikolaus, On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 5:33 PM, H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: > Hi Marek, > this are nice findings! > > Did I understand all that correctly that one just needs some 3.3V compatible > UART plus host software? > > The FST-01 hardware has three connector pads for >

Re: [Tinkerphones] New tinkerphone gadgets in Goldelico shop?

2017-11-14 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Marek, this are nice findings! Did I understand all that correctly that one just needs some 3.3V compatible UART plus host software? The FST-01 hardware has three connector pads for * GND * SWCLK * SWDIO where it is expected to connect the ST-link. These pin names look a little more like

Re: [Tinkerphones] New tinkerphone gadgets in Goldelico shop?

2017-11-14 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Jonas, > Am 13.11.2017 um 12:05 schrieb Jonas Smedegaard : > > Quoting H. Nikolaus Schaller (2017-11-13 11:38:07) >> >>> Am 13.11.2017 um 11:31 schrieb Jonas Smedegaard : >>> >>> Quoting H. Nikolaus Schaller (2017-11-13 08:33:45) Am 04.11.2017 um 22:17

Re: [Tinkerphones] New tinkerphone gadgets in Goldelico shop?

2017-11-14 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting H. Nikolaus Schaller (2017-11-14 17:37:27) > Am 13.11.2017 um 12:05 schrieb Jonas Smedegaard : >> Quoting H. Nikolaus Schaller (2017-11-13 11:38:07) >>> Hm. I wonder if we can build/design one with multiple plugs so that >>> one-fits-all. >> >> Uhm, I withdraw my promise

Re: [Tinkerphones] New tinkerphone gadgets in Goldelico shop?

2017-11-14 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
> Am 14.11.2017 um 18:20 schrieb j : > > you can get universal battery chargers in Ebay, they are spring loaded and > have charge pins that can be moved side to side to accommodate most cell > phone batteries I'd say that is not as much fun as it could be :) > > On

Re: [Tinkerphones] New tinkerphone gadgets in Goldelico shop?

2017-11-14 Thread Xavi Drudis Ferran
El Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 10:20:12AM -0700, j deia: > you can get universal battery chargers in Ebay, they are spring loaded and > have charge pins that can be moved side to side to accommodate most cell > phone batteries > But are they safe for those batteries ? Did you try them? I half

Re: [Tinkerphones] New tinkerphone gadgets in Goldelico shop?

2017-11-14 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting j (2017-11-14 18:20:12) > you can get universal battery chargers in Ebay, they are spring loaded > and have charge pins that can be moved side to side to accommodate > most cell phone batteries Possibly, but the subthread you replied to was about FST-01 which need not accomodate any

Re: [Tinkerphones] New tinkerphone gadgets in Goldelico shop?

2017-11-14 Thread j
you can get universal battery chargers in Ebay, they are spring loaded and have charge pins that can be moved side to side to accommodate most cell phone batteries On November 14, 2017 10:00:05 AM MST, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: >Quoting H. Nikolaus Schaller (2017-11-14 17:37:27)

Re: [Tinkerphones] New tinkerphone gadgets in Goldelico shop?

2017-11-14 Thread j
time for some adventure, only one way to find out, buy one or maybe a couple if there's more then one kind and give it a go like a mad scientist On November 14, 2017 10:29:39 AM MST, Xavi Drudis Ferran wrote: >El Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 10:20:12AM -0700, j deia: >> you can get

Re: [Tinkerphones] New tinkerphone gadgets in Goldelico shop?

2017-11-14 Thread Pičugins Arsenijs
> But are they safe for those batteries ? Did you try them? I have disassembled some of the "universal springy pins" chargers and they do not seem safe, they don't seem to use specialised charging ICs and usually use some kind of half-assed passives-based solution that ignores the CC/CV cycle

Re: [Tinkerphones] New tinkerphone gadgets in Goldelico shop?

2017-11-14 Thread j
let the adventure begin! On November 14, 2017 11:10:12 AM MST, "Pičugins Arsenijs" wrote: >> But are they safe for those batteries ? Did you try them? > >I have disassembled some of the "universal springy pins" chargers and >they do not seem safe, they don't seem to use

Re: [Tinkerphones] New tinkerphone gadgets in Goldelico shop?

2017-11-14 Thread Xavi Drudis Ferran
El Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 08:10:12PM +0200, Pičugins Arsenijs deia: > > I half remember most smartphone batteries include a charger chip > > and GTA04 batteries do not (the chip is in the phone and should be > > in the charger). > > That is definitely not the case. 99.999% is that the "charger",