Thread: The Ludicrous N900 Powermat Mod
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2011-05-04 , 18:49
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Originally Posted by Wonko View Post
It seems like the sender and the receiver need to be put very tightly next to each other in order for the charging to work.
I am not sure if it will work "through" that case.
Most probably you would need to also "mod" your otterbox case.
Thank you for the warning... I think I will order a set anyway and see what happens. I think I will also order a new back, so I have it, just in case I want to use it without the Otterbox in the future.

I've wanted something like this for a long time, but always got hung up on how to connect it into the system without endangering/blocking the USB port. I plan on putting a micro reed relay (or maybe a low power opto-isolator?) in to short the data pins activated by current from pad itself, so it auto-closes the connection when it's powered by the pad. That should take less than 10-20mA for an opto-isolator...

Thanks so much for this awesome mod and the pictures. I love this phone, and the community around it!
 

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