php Posted July 18, 2006 CID Share Posted July 18, 2006 Yeah... so I was bored again recently... This one's pretty simple. I wanted to be able to charge my ipod while on vacation without buying a wall or car charger. (yeah, I'm cheap) And I don't have a laptop... This actually was a bit harder than I thought it would be.. apparently the 5G ipods don't charge by simply connecting the right pins to a 5V power source. That didn't take long to discover... So anyway, after quite a bit of research I discovered that you can trick the ipod into thinking it's connected to an unresponsive computer (or something like that..) by connecting the +/- data pins with a 1K resistor. Of course I didn't want to go out and buy a 1K resistor so I went with the closest one I had.. 1.2K. Close enough. To implement this whole thing I cut the insulation and shielding off of a USB extension cable I had lying around. (I didn't want to hack up my ipod cable for hopefully obvious reasons) A razor makes quick work of cutting the data wires (green and white), followed by soldering the resistor to these wires on the female side of the cable. On the male side, just make sure they won't short on anything. A little bit of taping later, I have a completed wire that has the data transfer cables cut and connected with a resistor on the device end. Now my USB hub comes into play, and it all works great. Nice little hack that was much cheaper than a power brick that does the same thing. (I didn't buy anything to make this.. it was all done with stuff I had lying around) Although after all that work, I have a firewire cable on the way for another charger. (the firewire specs are a lot more lenient voltagewise, so I can use one of the many transformers I have lying around to make a dedicated charging cable) sidenote... How to Save a Life is my new favorite song... not that anyone cares lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brock01 Posted July 18, 2006 CID Share Posted July 18, 2006 thats pretty nice ya i had to buy during springbreak when i went on a cruise its really necessary but you saved money, nice job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimPawlak Posted July 18, 2006 CID Share Posted July 18, 2006 nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted July 18, 2006 CID Share Posted July 18, 2006 not bad php good work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xx Mazza xX Posted July 18, 2006 CID Share Posted July 18, 2006 lol, nice job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallowEarth Posted July 18, 2006 CID Share Posted July 18, 2006 That's pretty crazy stuff man. You're a regular MacGyver with your electronics. Crazy stuff...but um, dude, do we need to get you a girlfriend or something? Maybe you need to join a swim team.... :evil6: i'm such a jerk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brock01 Posted July 18, 2006 CID Share Posted July 18, 2006 that a 30 or 60? (get a new case) get a diff one besides the one's at bestbuy they make them look alot better if you get something that not everyone has Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted July 18, 2006 Author CID Share Posted July 18, 2006 60 I'm fine with the case... and anyone else around here either doesn't have an ipod or doesn't have a case for it. I'm the only one that's gonna see it most of the time anyway... That's pretty crazy stuff man. You're a regular MacGyver with your electronics. Crazy stuff...but um, dude, do we need to get you a girlfriend or something? Maybe you need to join a swim team.... :evil6: i'm such a jerk. Nah... I work 8 hours a day and I don't eat supper for about an hour after I get home, so I have a chunk of time where I get really bored. And all my friends work all day too... Next week I'm taking the whole week off and going on a nice little vacation... that could be fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark06 Posted July 18, 2006 CID Share Posted July 18, 2006 Yeah The Fray Rock There Fom Austin so they are always around here i ran into the lead singer once at a store i justwave at him i did not want to b rude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted July 18, 2006 CID Share Posted July 18, 2006 That's pretty crazy stuff man. You're a regular MacGyver with your electronics. Crazy stuff...but um, dude, do we need to get you a girlfriend or something? Maybe you need to join a swim team.... :evil6: i'm such a jerk. u mocking me fallow?? Very cool php.. is that a usb print server? Might want to try this.. http://devices.natetrue.com/musicap/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallowEarth Posted July 18, 2006 CID Share Posted July 18, 2006 u mocking me fallow?? hehehe never. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted July 18, 2006 Author CID Share Posted July 18, 2006 u mocking me fallow?? Very cool php.. is that a usb print server? Might want to try this.. http://devices.natetrue.com/musicap/ Nope.. just a hub. That's pretty cool.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted July 19, 2006 Author CID Share Posted July 19, 2006 This isn't really a "hack" but still cool. Left speaker is before, right is after. (I still have to repaint the left one) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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