cell phone case mod

[Rhese]

I put my TV-B-Gone in an old Motorola cell phone. It was a very tight fit (the case doesn't close as tightly as I would like), but it still looks reasonably like a cell phone if you're not paying attention (and who pays attention to cell phones anymore?)





I admit the flat-head screw as button is a bit cheesy, but I couldn't find anything else lying around that would work as well.

--Rhese

[adafruit]

haha too funny. i love these case mods!

[maltman23]

I especially like that you can access the programming port through the screen.

[Lynnzhu]

haha ~~~very good idea~!

[richms]

I bought a box lot of old broken mobiles to try to do the same with, but they were all too small. That brick you have is ideal.

I was hoping to use the LiPo from one of the phones to power it, but they were all swelling up or just refusing to take a charge.

[maltman23]

I've seen people selling old (and big) cell phones on the sidewalk in big cities all around the world.

If you can find any cell phone with a battery that works, these are the best batteries for getting very high power from your TV-B-Gone remote (LiPo batteries have extremely high current capability, partly because of their very low internal resistance).

Mitch.

[b0rtch]

Right!


TV-B-gone (cell phone casing) par boOortch, sur Flickr

[maltman23]

Fabulous! Very nice job. Thanks for the documentation.

Mitch.

[sagacious]

small size and protection of the device are important but Im cheap. I found a toothpick case that cut in half fit perfectly over the component side plus t's flexible enough to allow resetting

[maltman23]

It also looks way easy.