Relocating the Cart-Slot question and a battery question.

[Schmeman]

My question is do I basically just need to solder wire to connect the pins on the cart-slot to where they were connected to on the mother board? Thus allowing me to freely attach my cart-slot to where ever I want on my case? I want to make sure before I start to desolder stuff. Thanks in advance.

This is my first project and I'm completely careful (maybe too much) about everything I do. so I also apologize in advance if these are stupid questions.

For my battery question...

would this be a good battery to use?

http://www.batteryspace.com/index.asp?P ... rodID=3119" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[argelfraster]

Just solder onto where the cart slot originally was.
And two of those batteries would work very well.

[Life of Brian]

8Ah is probably overkill for an SNES portable's battery. Half that capacity would still be very good.

[samjc3]

8Ah is probably overkill for an SNES portable's battery. Half that capacity would still be very good.

true, but you would have to charge it then. this way, you could charge it once and never do it again!

[Schmeman]

Well then according to what life of brian said, these new batteries should work fine?

http://www.batteryspace.com/index.asp?P ... rodID=3390" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I don't exactly want to go overkill, if it saves me some money. However, I would like something nice and then that fits in a case nicely.

So I guess I'll go with two of these.

Also I had another question while reading the book. Here is an excerpt for some context

2. Use a size-4 screw to attach a 7805 regulator to the heat sink. Insert the regulator in a piece of PC board as shown in Figure 9-10. You can mount the regulator however you like, as long as it has a heat sink and the leads don't short out against anything else. The ground (middle) connection of the 7805 can touch the heat sink, however.



~Connect spot 2 on the SNES to spot 2 on the 7508 regulator. This is ground.
~Connect spot 3 on the 7805 regulator to spot 3 on the SNES. This is +5 volts out to SNES.
~Connect the negative lead of your battery to spot 2 on the SNES and the positive lead to spot 1 on the 7805 regulator. Spot 1 in unregulated power in. To use a switch to turn the SNES on and off, put it between the positive battery lead and spot 1.



It tells me to connect the negative lead of my battery to spot 2 and the positive to spot 1, so do I connect each battery to those same spots?
Also do I have to buy a new 7805 regulator or can I use the one that is already in the SNES?
And lastly does anyone have any tips on how to mount the regulator? Thanks.


Sorry for all the questions but I just remembered one more, apparently before use of these batteries I must install a PCB. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to work with these batteries before I get started on working on them?

http://www.batteryspace.com/index.asp?P ... rodID=2774" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

here is the PCB I was looking at using. will this work? Also, I assume I only need one . Thanks again.

[argelfraster]

get two of these:
http://www.all-battery.com/polymerli-io ... 30136.aspx" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Better deal, and have a longer lasting life.

[Schmeman]

Thank you! Those actually look great, now I just need a PCB and some knowledge and i should be good.

[XCVG]

2. Use a size-4 screw to attach a 7805 regulator to the heat sink. Insert the regulator in a piece of PC board as shown in Figure 9-10. You can mount the regulator however you like, as long as it has a heat sink and the leads don't short out against anything else. The ground (middle) connection of the 7805 can touch the heat sink, however.



~Connect spot 2 on the SNES to spot 2 on the 7508 regulator. This is ground.
~Connect spot 3 on the 7805 regulator to spot 3 on the SNES. This is +5 volts out to SNES.
~Connect the negative lead of your battery to spot 2 on the SNES and the positive lead to spot 1 on the 7805 regulator. Spot 1 in unregulated power in. To use a switch to turn the SNES on and off, put it between the positive battery lead and spot 1.



It tells me to connect the negative lead of my battery to spot 2 and the positive to spot 1, so do I connect each battery to those same spots?
Also do I have to buy a new 7805 regulator or can I use the one that is already in the SNES?
And lastly does anyone have any tips on how to mount the regulator? Thanks.

Why did you remove the regulator? You can just leave it there and feed power into the normal spot!

[argelfraster]

I dont think he removed it...thats not his pic.

[Schmeman]

I was just following the instructions from Ben's book. That quote was from the book.

[Basement_Modder]

Ben relocated it because he gets 5v from the psone screen.