This is another one of my projects that's distracting me from completing the NAD-T760 job :-(.
Years ago I bought a Kodak Pogo Printer on Amazon. It went down from £80 to £20 and I couldn't resist it. The paper was quite dear at the time ~£9 for 30 sheets so I left the printer on a shelf gathering dust. The price of Zink paper has plummeted and I've decided to resurrect the printer. The only problem is the li-po battery is quite dead and the fully charged pogo battery that was supplied with the printer was only good for about 15 prints and that's it. In my opinion Kodak should never have released the product if that's all it could print on one charge. Spare batteries at the time were super expensive too.
What I'd like to do is build an external battery for the pogo printer using the old battery shell and contacts to run the leads through to an external battery. Do you know what I mean? Or maybe it would be safer to build an external battery from scratch, and cut an access port to go from the external battery to the printers power contacts. I've got an idea to build the battery to have the same footprint as the printer so the printer can lay on top of the battery. The battery could be attached to the bottom of the printer either by sticky hook and loop pads or thin magnets. The external li-po battery will be charged using the printers built in charger, hopefully..... maybe :-).
The Printer:
http://www.digicamreview.com/2008/12...ni-review.html
The original battery:
http://www.digitalcamerawarehouse.com.au/prod5949.htm
http://www.amazon.com/Polaroid-Batte...N%3DB00DQCDMGS
http://enjoybignow.url.ph/2014/02/po...hhr0-25-deals/
I'm looking for a spec/data sheet so I can bring more information about the battery but I can't find anything more than the model numbers.
So if I've done my homework and worked it out right then I "think" the li-po battery supplied with the printer is most likely a 2 cell 3.7v 450mAh with a 1C discharge rate ( 7.4v 450mAh). It takes 2.5 hours to fully charge the battery according to the manual.
Basic lipo battery info:
http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/a...stance_or_hype
http://www.rogershobbycenter.com/lipoguide/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium...olymer_battery
http://kyorune.com/modding/article.php?id=46
https://learn.adafruit.com/all-about...ithium-polymer
http://www.hotslots132.com/differenc...ers-a-268.html
http://www.instructables.com/id/Lith...ette/?ALLSTEPS
http://woddontoys.com/news/using%20l...polymer-9.html
http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/...lipo-batteries
Types of battery for sale that I might be able to get my hands on:
http://www.batteryspace.com/polymerli-ioncells.aspx
https://www.sparkfun.com/search/resu...ithium+battery
http://www.giantshark.co.uk/browser/5278/all
http://www.adafruit.com/categories/138
I think I need to find either 1 hi capacity but low C battery or multiple low capacity batteries put in series for this project or find away to lower the C of the hi cap battery if it's possible.
Li-poly batteries can be quite dangerous in certain conditions so safety is paramount.
http://www.esfrs.org/blackmuseum/pol...teryPack.shtml
http://www.esfrs.org/blackmuseum/pol...eryPack2.shtml
Can anyone with li-po battery experience help me with this project? At some point I'll be posting this query on elsewhere on the net just to get some different ideas so no pressure.......
Just added mock-up pictures so you get an idea of what I'm going on about.
Years ago I bought a Kodak Pogo Printer on Amazon. It went down from £80 to £20 and I couldn't resist it. The paper was quite dear at the time ~£9 for 30 sheets so I left the printer on a shelf gathering dust. The price of Zink paper has plummeted and I've decided to resurrect the printer. The only problem is the li-po battery is quite dead and the fully charged pogo battery that was supplied with the printer was only good for about 15 prints and that's it. In my opinion Kodak should never have released the product if that's all it could print on one charge. Spare batteries at the time were super expensive too.
What I'd like to do is build an external battery for the pogo printer using the old battery shell and contacts to run the leads through to an external battery. Do you know what I mean? Or maybe it would be safer to build an external battery from scratch, and cut an access port to go from the external battery to the printers power contacts. I've got an idea to build the battery to have the same footprint as the printer so the printer can lay on top of the battery. The battery could be attached to the bottom of the printer either by sticky hook and loop pads or thin magnets. The external li-po battery will be charged using the printers built in charger, hopefully..... maybe :-).
The Printer:
http://www.digicamreview.com/2008/12...ni-review.html
The original battery:
http://www.digitalcamerawarehouse.com.au/prod5949.htm
http://www.amazon.com/Polaroid-Batte...N%3DB00DQCDMGS
http://enjoybignow.url.ph/2014/02/po...hhr0-25-deals/
I'm looking for a spec/data sheet so I can bring more information about the battery but I can't find anything more than the model numbers.
So if I've done my homework and worked it out right then I "think" the li-po battery supplied with the printer is most likely a 2 cell 3.7v 450mAh with a 1C discharge rate ( 7.4v 450mAh). It takes 2.5 hours to fully charge the battery according to the manual.
Basic lipo battery info:
http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/a...stance_or_hype
http://www.rogershobbycenter.com/lipoguide/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium...olymer_battery
http://kyorune.com/modding/article.php?id=46
https://learn.adafruit.com/all-about...ithium-polymer
http://www.hotslots132.com/differenc...ers-a-268.html
http://www.instructables.com/id/Lith...ette/?ALLSTEPS
http://woddontoys.com/news/using%20l...polymer-9.html
http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/...lipo-batteries
Types of battery for sale that I might be able to get my hands on:
http://www.batteryspace.com/polymerli-ioncells.aspx
https://www.sparkfun.com/search/resu...ithium+battery
http://www.giantshark.co.uk/browser/5278/all
http://www.adafruit.com/categories/138
I think I need to find either 1 hi capacity but low C battery or multiple low capacity batteries put in series for this project or find away to lower the C of the hi cap battery if it's possible.
Li-poly batteries can be quite dangerous in certain conditions so safety is paramount.
http://www.esfrs.org/blackmuseum/pol...teryPack.shtml
http://www.esfrs.org/blackmuseum/pol...eryPack2.shtml
Can anyone with li-po battery experience help me with this project? At some point I'll be posting this query on elsewhere on the net just to get some different ideas so no pressure.......
Just added mock-up pictures so you get an idea of what I'm going on about.
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