DAFTMIKE I LOVE YOU!

I saw those before, and thought about them. But I know that a lot of batteries don't have the capacity that they advertise. Have you used these before? If not, then I'll probably just order a run of the mill 2.6 amp one from ebay.

I've used them in a torch and they performed quite well, but I haven't done any scientific tests.
By all accounts they give around 2800-2900mAh at low currents (<1A) but have a high internal resistance and don't do well much above 2A.

_________________
my blog

I swear, you're like my favorite member Daftmike.

_________________

I am still suspicious of that rating, but I believe you, Mike.

_________________

"Don't stop, believin! Hold on to that feeeEEEeeeEEeelin!"

That's the problem with battery ratings, even if you disregard the eBay/Hong Kong sellers who flat out lie, battery capacity is measured under very specific conditions.
They are often rated at 0.2C discharge, but not always, and higher currents give a much lower capacity.
Also a li-poly cell in a typical portable case will lose around 10% of it's rated capacity just because of the higher temperature inside the case.

It all makes it very tricky to choose a battery if you've got a runtime in mind, you might have to concede that the battery you thought would give you 3 hours only gives you 2 and a half.

_________________
my blog

That's okay, even if that may be true, I'm really over exaggerating about how much amperage is used.

Oh yeah... I also scrapped the old case front. It was too ugly to see the light of day, so I just decided to start fresh with the backup. Here's what I've got done so far:

The two holes near the bottom corners will be for the volume knob and the select button.

EDIT: And I believe I will have the cartridges insert gameboy-style, as well. The carts should only stick out about 3mm on each side, This will give me enough room to use better batteries. Either going to be using 4 18650s or two flat li-pos. Probably going to use whatever is cheaper.

I fit in a six-button!



I think I'll have room for 4 18650 cells, which (when wired in a series and parallel) should get me at least 5 hours depending on which ones I buy.

HOLYJIZZTHAT"SSMALL!

_________________
(22:48:26) βeta: your bigblackpnes won't leave my lips

I know I haven't posted in this topic yet (I really should have before), but... Dang, that's sexy! I also really like the combination of the A/B/C buttons from a three-button controller with the X/Y/Z buttons from a six-button. It looks fantastic!

Can't wait to see it completed!

_________________
...und keine eier.

guessing its gonna be about the size of a DMG? either way this is gonna be freaking small!