I can second this. I have used a similar design in some mobile handheld prototypes, holds up quite well! Much more efficient.<br><br>-Kyle<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 5:13 AM, Marcus Bauer <<a href="mailto:marcus.bauer@gmail.com">marcus.bauer@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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For those with a soldering iron I can recommend mintyboost [1]<br>
<br>
Works great here, two AA batteries extend the life of the Neo for about<br>
two hours.<br>
<br>
As it is a dumb charger you need to manually activate fast charge,<br>
otherwise the Neo will only pull 100mA.<br>
<br>
Make sure you test the output voltage with a voltmeter before connecting<br>
it to the Neo for the first time. Mine gives perfect 5.02V.<br>
<br>
[1] <a href="http://www.ladyada.net/make/mintyboost/" target="_blank">http://www.ladyada.net/make/mintyboost/</a><br>
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On Wed, 2008-02-20 at 17:31 -0800, ian douglas wrote:<br>
> I raised this question to Michael at SCALE 6x and wanted to publicly ask<br>
> it as well but had forgotten until the latest list of messages on the<br>
> device-users list about battery life times and charging.<br>
><br>
> Is it possible to purchase *just* a battery from you guys?<br>
><br>
> Thanks,<br>
> Ian<br>
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