Comments on: Thursday Nano Hacks: Getting Power from your Nano

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 26 May 2006 03:10:26 +0000

#32: he was kidding, charging a battery and then re-charging would not only be incredibly inefficient, but also wouldnt work because the iPod needs a higher voltage to charge
#33: sure, why not… but most headphone amps i know of use higher voltages (my cmoy likes 9v)…. but you could prob build a low-voltage amp

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 26 May 2006 03:06:56 +0000

help me! I tried this hack, but it isn’t working… when i check the voltage with a multimeter, it is just under 4 volts (3.7-3.9v) but when i put a load on it (LED, iTrip, etc) it immediately drops to around 2.2v, and i need 3.3 to operate the iTrip… why is this happening?!? help meeee

By: john pavlick

john pavlick — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 14:47:37 +0000

my dj uses a mini usb

By: john pavlick

john pavlick — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 14:46:26 +0000

would it be possible to make something like this work on my dell pocket dj?

By: tom

tom — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 15:55:43 +0000

do you know how much current you can pull through this pin at +3.3v? 50ma? 100ma?

By: Terry

Terry — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 04:56:45 +0000

Could you power a headphone amp?

By: dudey

dudey — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 03:27:56 +0000

#3, would it not be simpler to simply connect it to itself? So your nano is charging itself? Rather than charging another battery and then charging back into the nano (which will lose power due to resistance in the wires and the tendency of NiMH batteries to lose charge)… Which would be utterly pointless. As for a flashlight, just use the backlight, it’s plenty bright enough. And, my last two words: JUMPER CABLES!!!

#10: it should… but no guarantees..

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 02:27:53 +0000

so… when is the glowing sleeve coming out? not to be a nag, but it’s a bit late.

By: n1x-uk

n1x-uk — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 03:47:42 +0000

Im thinking of combining this how-to, with the following sites info:
http://ipodlinux.org/Dock_Connector
http://badacetechshow.com/psp_itrip.htm
to create a new adaptor unit so i can use the itrip and head phone remotes etc with the 5g, but im having one major problem…..
Where is the final line in/out (not R, L or GND) from the headphone socket repersented on the dock connector? Is it pin 7,8,14,17?

By: RadioDylan

RadioDylan — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 09:32:30 +0000

Its was supposed to be #26!

By: RadioDylan

RadioDylan — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 09:32:28 +0000

Its was supposed to be #26!

By: apple.freeservers.com

apple.freeservers.com — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 20:15:16 +0000

I am interested in that hack #25. Can you put it in the message board? If you can’t, you can put in on a free website from moonfruit.com !

By: milk

milk — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 22:01:43 +0000

Come on… there hasn’t been a single decent hack for the nano ipod yet.

I mean, they should be more useful, or cool… painting the headphones?! OMFG. I have a pretty neat idea for an ipod nano hack… but don’t have the time to do it. Anyone interested?

By: Alan

Alan — Sat, 29 Oct 2005 02:34:12 +0000

Use 4 of them to jump start a car :)

By: apple.freeservers.com

apple.freeservers.com — Sat, 29 Oct 2005 00:39:54 +0000

I can’t wait to see the iPod Nano Sleeve! I enjoy these hack an awful lot (and sometimes just sit here and laugh) so keep up the good work (P.S. go to apple.freeservers.com for the latest apple news)