Battery Charged Indicator?

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Battery Charged Indicator?

Post by RetroGamingNow » Mon Aug 01, 2016 2:19 pm

Couldn't find any info on this. Is there a way to know? You guys using an indicator of some sort?

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Re: Battery Charged Indicator?

Post by Camble » Mon Aug 01, 2016 4:01 pm

You could use the LED on the PowerBoost, maybe a piece of clear plastic or optical fiber to channel the light. Or add your own LED with extended wires to the contacts.

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Re: Battery Charged Indicator?

Post by ChunkeeMunkee » Mon Aug 01, 2016 7:50 pm

This bothered me too. I'm planning on desoldering the PowerBoost 1000c LEDs and running wires from the pads through unused cart pins to a board with the LEDs re-mounted, then have light pipes direct the output through the top of the cart.

.... At least, that's the plan!

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Re: Battery Charged Indicator?

Post by RetroGamingNow » Tue Aug 02, 2016 7:42 am

Since my powerboost is right at the top of the shell i think i may just drill a small hole and use a piece of plastic or something like camble said for this first this current build since its all glued in and ready to roll. Net build ill get a little more creative and make it nicer!

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Re: Battery Charged Indicator?

Post by Ganreizu » Tue Aug 02, 2016 8:01 am

ChunkeeMunkee wrote:This bothered me too. I'm planning on desoldering the PowerBoost 1000c LEDs and running wires from the pads through unused cart pins to a board with the LEDs re-mounted, then have light pipes direct the output through the top of the cart.

.... At least, that's the plan!
That's not a bad idea at all...Interested to see how it works for you!

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Re: Battery Charged Indicator?

Post by Quindi » Tue Aug 02, 2016 8:49 am

RetroGamingNow wrote:Since my powerboost is right at the top of the shell i think i may just drill a small hole and use a piece of plastic or something like camble said for this first this current build since its all glued in and ready to roll.
I did this except the plastic piece, I'll do that when I have time. I originally did it to see the battery low indicator, since it is placed right by the edge of the case. A nice side effect is that i can see the charging light as well as the battery full LED.

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