wraggster
December 3rd, 2012, 22:48
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This iPhone 4s is charging without a dock connector because [Tanv28]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7WDQz6vv0s.
The hack is not for the faint of heart. But if you’ve got a precision soldering iron and a stead hand we bet you can pull it off. It starts with disassembly to get at the cable that connects the circuit board to the dock connector. [Tanv28] solders fine enameled wire to pins 16, 23, 25, and 27. The other end of these wires are soldered to the guts from a Powermat inductive charging system. After the connections are made there’s not enough room under the back cover of the phone for this added bulk. But laminating a second plastic frame onto the assembly will correct for the 1mm difference in thickness. The clip after the break walks through the entire process.
You can see that [Tanv28] also built the charging station into a piece of furniture. We just saw a post last week that used this technique to add Powermat hardware to a shelf (http://hackaday.com/2012/12/02/hiding-an-inductive-charging-station-inside-furniture/).
http://hackaday.com/2012/12/03/inductive-charger-inside-the-case-of-this-iphone-4s/
This iPhone 4s is charging without a dock connector because [Tanv28]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7WDQz6vv0s.
The hack is not for the faint of heart. But if you’ve got a precision soldering iron and a stead hand we bet you can pull it off. It starts with disassembly to get at the cable that connects the circuit board to the dock connector. [Tanv28] solders fine enameled wire to pins 16, 23, 25, and 27. The other end of these wires are soldered to the guts from a Powermat inductive charging system. After the connections are made there’s not enough room under the back cover of the phone for this added bulk. But laminating a second plastic frame onto the assembly will correct for the 1mm difference in thickness. The clip after the break walks through the entire process.
You can see that [Tanv28] also built the charging station into a piece of furniture. We just saw a post last week that used this technique to add Powermat hardware to a shelf (http://hackaday.com/2012/12/02/hiding-an-inductive-charging-station-inside-furniture/).
http://hackaday.com/2012/12/03/inductive-charger-inside-the-case-of-this-iphone-4s/