Charging/Power Lights. How have you done them?

SidSilver · Post by **SidSilver** » Fri Sep 30, 2016 7:48 am

Tim wrote:But the powerboost is in my battery compartment and I can't see the led from the front

desolder the led, add 2 wires (be careful to keep the good polarity)

peoplesbeer · Post by **peoplesbeer** » Fri Sep 30, 2016 7:52 am

Exactly. Should work at least.

WoodMill · Post by **WoodMill** » Fri Sep 30, 2016 7:59 am

SidSilver wrote: desolder the led, add 2 wires (be careful to keep the good polarity)

Has anyone done that? I've never worked with things that small before. Curious to see what it looks like when you solder a cable that thicker than the LED itself.

peoplesbeer · Post by **peoplesbeer** » Fri Sep 30, 2016 8:04 am

I'll try tonight.

Riouken · Post by **Riouken** » Fri Sep 30, 2016 8:08 am

I have not done it myself but have been doing some research on this. Here is some information if your planning on trying:

https://forums.adafruit.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=75831

Tim · Post by **Tim** » Sun Oct 30, 2016 2:33 pm

Hello,

i stopped working on my Gameboy for quite a Long time but now i want to bring it to an end. I can't desolder the small low battery led so could i just connect a LED with a resistor between the LBO Pin and the Ground to light it up until the battery gets low?

fcib · Post by **fcib** » Thu Nov 03, 2016 5:32 am

I just soldered an LED onto the power & charge LED's (maybe I will do low battery once I fit my screen).

Left the surface mount LED's there and it still works. Using 1 original gameboy LED and 1 random green LED. They haven't burnt out or got hot, left it on overnight while charging to test.

The powerboost is still working 100%. I'm sure the original LEDs are still drawing some power but not enough to turn on and the attached ones work great.

I drilled 2 holes (planning the 3rd) on the right face, they are just above my right thumb on abxy.

peoplesbeer · Post by **peoplesbeer** » Thu Nov 03, 2016 5:43 am

That's what I did as well. But I wanted to extend the LED's so I could place them wherever I want but the solder wouldn't stick to the legs of the LEDs so I didn't continue with it...

fcib · Post by **fcib** » Thu Nov 03, 2016 6:01 am

peoplesbeer wrote:That's what I did as well. But I wanted to extend the LED's so I could place them wherever I want but the solder wouldn't stick to the legs of the LEDs so I didn't continue with it...

I applied some extra solder to the ends of the existing LED's and extension wires, then I soldered. Worked like a charm.

peoplesbeer · Post by **peoplesbeer** » Thu Nov 03, 2016 6:10 am

Hm... Might give it a go again, I ended up ordering another board that BadBert posted, seems like that one could do the trick pretty well.
http://www.banggood.com/1-5S-Lipo-Batte ... otproducts

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