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 Dec 15 2004, 03:10 AM
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This is my latest project since going nuts with blue/red bi-color LED's >:)
Idea: An Xbox, that will run on 12 volt sealed lead-acid batteries, which will all be self-contained inside the console. The batteries will also power one of those small LCD screens that are for the Xbox, so you can play xbox anywhere, without needing a power inverter.
If I use a laptop harddrive, remove the DVD drive (or make it external, all the games are on the HDD anyways), and ditch the stock power supply, there will be plenty of room inside for batteries, and the required circuitly to step it down to filtered 12v, 5v, 3.3v, and 3.3v SB. I will also have a jack for charging the batteries, or for running the box off of an AC adapter plugged into the wall.
My dad works as an electrical engineer designing power supply circuits, I have the resources to make this happen.
I will keep y'all updated on how this turns out.
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 G0t M4xx 21 Battery Powered Xbox Dec 15 2004, 03:10 AM lunatic0222 that would be the "competely portable xbox... Dec 15 2004, 03:12 AM Emc1683 Would probably be about the same weight though, wi... Dec 15 2004, 03:14 AM meh_33333
if it worked out.....keep me updated Dec 15 2004, 03:15 AM mdfirefighter Li-ion or nickel metal hydride would probally be a... Dec 15 2004, 03:15 AM G0t M4xx 21 you're probably right, NiMh would probably be ... Dec 15 2004, 03:28 AM lunatic0222 I wonder if a DVD HD would use less power?
That w... Dec 15 2004, 03:32 AM atomheartmother Now thats a great "survival" idea...... Dec 15 2004, 03:33 AM hellfire_2k lol those lead batteries are heavy as hell :P Good... Dec 15 2004, 03:35 AM markland556 just get an inverter and a 12v battery Dec 15 2004, 03:35 AM G0t M4xx 21
Integrating the charging circuitry will come late... Dec 15 2004, 03:38 AM lunatic0222 wow i wish i had enuff money to just go grab a new... Dec 15 2004, 03:41 AM G0t M4xx 21
I sell some of my services, it makes good money. Dec 15 2004, 03:43 AM lunatic0222 Im 16, theres not much i can do to make "good... Dec 15 2004, 03:43 AM G0t M4xx 21 Im 16 too.
Here's what I do:
Take my modded ... Dec 15 2004, 03:45 AM G0t M4xx 21 Back onto the subject, I'm gonna go look at ba... Dec 15 2004, 04:25 AM pimpedoutxbox002 hey, a quick idea....the 12v gel cell in the start... Dec 15 2004, 04:28 AM Shillow Very cool idea!
If you have the money, go for... Dec 15 2004, 04:35 AM djlobes great idea. kick that dvd drive and you should ha... Dec 15 2004, 04:36 AM G0t M4xx 21 I have one of those big 'ol 12v starter box ba... Dec 15 2004, 04:37 AM buttface96 you can make it even more portable by removing the... Dec 15 2004, 04:43 AM G0t M4xx 21 That's what I'm planning on doing, remove ... Dec 15 2004, 04:48 AM djlobes you could easily just put your current drive in an... Dec 15 2004, 04:51 AM itsmee129 good idea but, why would this project be useful? j... Dec 15 2004, 04:55 AM pimpedoutxbox002 how would this project not be useful....it would b... Dec 15 2004, 04:57 AM COTA-GodlyOne
the button sends a negative shock to the psu and... Dec 15 2004, 05:11 AM Arakon I wouldn't expect this to run more than maybe ... Dec 15 2004, 05:38 AM G0t M4xx 21
So does it just pull the 3.3v SB low, or is this... Dec 15 2004, 02:19 PM BobBrkersMyHero would be sweet if you could pull it off...how long... Dec 15 2004, 02:23 PM mdfirefighter Why not use a laptop battery, maybe 2 or more. The... Dec 15 2004, 02:24 PM G0t M4xx 21 might look into that, I can fit two of those where... Dec 15 2004, 02:39 PM G0t M4xx 21 did some more looking, they make external laptop b... Dec 15 2004, 02:56 PM mdfirefighter
;) See I am good for something.
MDFF Dec 15 2004, 03:10 PM BobBrkersMyHero that could possibly work....lol
laptop batteries ... Dec 15 2004, 03:13 PM slackerxpc that would be sick if you could play xbox on an ai... Dec 15 2004, 03:57 PM COTA-GodlyOne
it shorts out the 3.3v to turn it on, it would b... Dec 15 2004, 04:05 PM G0t M4xx 21 eh, those laptop batteries are too expensive, a 7A... Dec 15 2004, 06:40 PM ..[[ModBoxMaster]].. Wouldn't last worth the shit. Dec 15 2004, 06:44 PM G0t M4xx 21 what, the battery? I already have one just like it... Dec 15 2004, 07:06 PM bigcheat I didn't see it mentioned but I'd really c... Dec 15 2004, 08:08 PM G0t M4xx 21 I can fit four of these inside the Xbox case, and ... Dec 15 2004, 09:12 PM celinedrules Just curious, how would you go about charging thos... Dec 15 2004, 09:15 PM G0t M4xx 21 I ahve a small charger that I use for charging the... Dec 15 2004, 09:48 PM wowko wow, you could prolly sell some of these things fo... Dec 15 2004, 11:23 PM G0t M4xx 21 OK, I'm about to order the 4 12v 2.3Ah batteri... Dec 17 2004, 01:31 AM Slamm36 if those dont work then maby the batteries from a ... Dec 17 2004, 01:39 AM jacksparrow
u can....with a portable screen most new airplan... Dec 17 2004, 02:18 AM itsmee129 i doubt they have ciggarette lighter adaptors on a... Dec 17 2004, 03:00 AM G0t M4xx 21
ups? what's that (other than a brown truck t... Dec 17 2004, 03:06 AM yagoogaly
"Finally a computer for your lap!... Dec 17 2004, 03:29 AM Slamm36 ups is a uniterupter power suply, you plug like a ... Dec 17 2004, 03:52 AM buttface96 this is a great idea, i would love to see this hap... Dec 17 2004, 04:13 AM G0t M4xx 21 the DVD drive will be external, I'll have the ... Dec 17 2004, 04:22 AM hb2k
o yea Dec 17 2004, 04:26 AM st3ph3nt4n lol...battery powered....thats pretty kool Dec 17 2004, 04:34 AM thesoundkid Also if u want u could get 1 of these (link) and b... Dec 17 2004, 05:24 AM G0t M4xx 21 That's cool, but kind of expensive. Plus, for ... Dec 17 2004, 05:35 AM Ripasser how about something that plugs into the original p... Dec 17 2004, 05:56 AM G0t M4xx 21 Specs on Foxlink PSU: (V 1.4 xbox)
Output:
+12v ... Dec 17 2004, 05:57 AM G0t M4xx 21
You mean like where the power cable goes? I gues... Dec 17 2004, 06:01 AM timeisntreal I plan on doing the same thing but I want to make ... Dec 17 2004, 06:13 AM G0t M4xx 21
like this?
http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.p... Dec 17 2004, 06:18 AM timeisntreal Yea very simmlar but more added on... also that sy... Dec 17 2004, 08:23 AM Mattie What happens when the battery dies during play (be... Dec 17 2004, 08:40 AM G0t M4xx 21 I'll have either a bar graph style voltage met... Dec 17 2004, 03:17 PM pimpedoutxbox002 how much is that lcd screen.....and how much would... Dec 17 2004, 03:28 PM G0t M4xx 21 I proabaly won't update any more until I actua... Dec 18 2004, 02:18 AM pimpedoutxbox002 my neighboor is getting me a 14.5 inch lcd screen ... Dec 18 2004, 02:27 AM G0t M4xx 21 OK, I got something done. I did some more research... Dec 18 2004, 08:52 PM G0t M4xx 21 More done!
-20 amp power converters ordered (... Dec 22 2004, 04:33 AM Ice9Tech This is an awesome idea, good luck to you! Dec 22 2004, 12:52 PM COTA-GodlyOne
sorry x| was just telling you what ive been tol... Dec 22 2004, 01:55 PM G0t M4xx 21 Yay! I got parts!
The voltage regulators ... Dec 26 2004, 06:33 AM pimpedoutxbox002 mmmmm...droooooll....now that i have my dremel im ... Dec 26 2004, 06:36 AM Shaggygod just an idea but take out your xbox symbol on the ... Dec 26 2004, 08:48 AM xk2600 Don't know if this would be handy at all... bu... Dec 26 2004, 08:55 PM staildonut How about solar panels in the side, it'll prob... Dec 26 2004, 09:44 PM lego.warrior you aint gonna be able to power a xbox with solar ... Dec 26 2004, 10:10 PM G0t M4xx 21 well, more good news.
I looked at one of the Int... Dec 27 2004, 06:33 AM Mattie sounds like you're making progress...
You shou... Dec 27 2004, 09:03 AM ..[[ModBoxMaster]].. You know, it's basically impossible. Too much ... Dec 27 2004, 09:05 AM sk8phreak88 haha, that would be funny to see big foot running ... Dec 27 2004, 09:07 AM atomheartmother Solar power thats where its at!! LOL good... Dec 27 2004, 02:54 PM G0t M4xx 21 I got the screen! :)
Sorry for the lack of LE... Dec 29 2004, 05:17 AM Arjun sweet! i wish my dad plays xbox :( Dec 29 2004, 05:34 AM pimpedoutxbox002 Very nice.Tim, did you get the pm's i sent you... Dec 29 2004, 06:16 AM G0t M4xx 21 yeah Dec 29 2004, 06:23 AM G0t M4xx 21 I did a lot of work today, I made the whole wiring... Dec 29 2004, 11:37 PM pimpedoutxbox002 does each battery weigh as mch as a brick? they lo... Dec 30 2004, 02:11 AM itsmee129 looks like its going to be a heavy project :P Dec 30 2004, 03:11 AM Leglez lookin good Dec 30 2004, 03:29 AM G0t M4xx 21 yeah, the batteries are heavy, but they don't ... Dec 30 2004, 03:35 AM G0t M4xx 21 Update:
my Dad has gotten all the parts needed to... Jan 1 2005, 01:12 AM hars Cool idea, if not all that practical. (Practical... Jan 1 2005, 01:43 AM G0t M4xx 21 The stock power supply supplies a maximum of 96 wa... Jan 1 2005, 07:55 AM presh I have a question for you, but it doesn't rela... Jan 1 2005, 09:59 PM  gamez2003
i would say it wont have a prob if u wire it up ... Jan 2 2005, 04:12 PM bvic01 you should place it in one of those aluminum cases... Jan 2 2005, 04:41 PM Samulayo <<whoops>> Jan 2 2005, 04:47 PM
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