Just wondering, how much a case redesigning like that will cost.
btw is someone working on the design part already ?
>
> If a new case was designed you could just leave a space for the battery to
> clip into it (like on a sony camcorder). Various Li-ion batteries are
> available bewteen 4.8V and 6v. An external chager could be used to charge
> them (plugging directly into the battery area) and making the original
> battery charging circuit obsolete.
>
>
> Ray Edwards
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>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net] On Behalf Of speedy2
> Sent: 22 February 2002 01:27
> To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
> Subject: [NTLK] OT Case Redesign
>
>
> On Thu, 21 Feb 2002, Josh Ormsby wrote:
>
> >
> > I need to get inside my Newt to see how everything fits together, and to
> > create engineering drawings of the board mounting dimensions. There is
> > one problem so far with this, I just received my spare from a friend,
>
> > Anyone else want to jump on this thread?
>
> Yes. Though I'm surprised this thread came up, I was thinking of a
> re-design myself a few weeks back(before it popped up here). While
> thinking about it I came up with some ideas...
>
> You could decrease the size of the Newton if you got rid of the space
> taken by the current 4xAA battery holder/tray. Don't call me crazy just
> yet...
>
> It would certainly be possible to get the Newton to run on LithiumIon
> based cells. Many of these LiOn cells are rectangular, but not very thick.
> One such cell has enough voltage and current capacity to drive the Newton.
> That's not to mention LiOn cells that aren't too bulky come in 3Ah
> ratings.
>
> While the Newton will not charge these cells natively (trust me, it won't,
> but I'm thinking about a hack that might), if you did re-design the case,
> you could provide access to the battery terminals so the battery could be
> charged externally. It would require a bit of external "glue logic" to get
> it to go, but it's certainly possible.
>
> You might also be able to save space by getting rid of the speaker and
> providing a phono-jack instead.
>
> You could also cut the PCMCIA "cage" and if a CompactFlash to PCMCIA
> adaptor could be fabricated that used a ribbon cable, you might even be
> able to provide CF slots instead of PCMCIA. Someone would have to modify
> the existing drivers to support newer CF Ethernet cards, but in some
> cases, that just means the driver has to recognize the new card ID.
>
> Though I'm not sure if any of this is worth one's effort. Even if you got
> rid of the portions above and below the LCD, the Newton would be still
> bulky.
>
> Thanks,
> Speedy2.
>
>
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