Re: [NTLK] My Newton Wish List

From: Adam Goddard <pashosh_at_tpg.com.au>
Date: Sat Sep 23 2006 - 10:12:59 EDT

On 24/09/2006, at 12:02 AM, L.W. Brown wrote:
> That's the very one - had it for years and still don't recall where
> from.
> Do you think one or 2 could at least serve to help lengthen the run
> time a Newt using a battery tray (not the original rechargeable pack)?

If you had some cheap nicads in the tray, yeah, but don't expect too
much out of it. The whole solar thing would be a convenience to leave
the pack inside the newt. I have a panel "book" that unlips and unfolds
to about 450mm x 300mm and has provision for multiple voltage taps out,
from 3V to 12V (no load). I can provide about 75mA @ 12V setting, and
just barely gets the Newt charging. It, too, is the cheap amorphous
panel and the whole unit weighs just under a kilogram. Not something
I'd want to lug around with me in my backpack (which usually weighs a
bit already). :-P

Regards,
   - Adam Goddard

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