What kinds of power does this thing need?
Are you trying to feed the power supply or the board? (stepping up to me
stepped down is not a good idea, IMO)
Charles Puffer
Mark Willis wrote:
> I really like the group cooperation idea; It'd help those interested,
> but low-ish on funding, if we also discussed how much would be needed &
> when it would be needed, money-wise; I'd really love to "live in" a
> wearable, but I'd need to get funding in line first (if we're talking
> $1500ish or more here?) - unless I sell some stuff here! <G>
>
> I have an IBM PC110, and could see the absolute base cheapest plan for
> those really low on money, being putting a power tether off the back of
> it to a large (12V 5000mAh) rechargeable battery pack with a regulator,
> put a {Waterproof!} case over the batteries & stow the PC110 atop the
> batteries between uses (It's NOT a wearable, true, but it's a 486sx33, 8
> Mb RAM, 170 Mb HD, and for $600ish, it's relatively more affordable!
> And Linux fits nicely enough... Has anyone made one into a wearable?)
>
> Mark Willis
> 
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