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HP-41 in the dark; A home made Porta-Lite - Geir Isene - 09-19-2010
Some time back, you guys asked for a picture of the little hack I did when I made a LED module for my 41.
Re: HP-41 in the dark; A home made Porta-Lite - Paul Dale - 09-19-2010
Isn't this a little bit wasteful of the expensive N cell batteries :-)
Otherwise, a nice mod.
- Pauli
Re: HP-41 in the dark; A home made Porta-Lite - Geir Isene - 09-19-2010
As long as I can get hold of a refurbished rechargeable battery pack, I'll be fine (tried to make one, bot a botched-up soldering job led me to place a WTB-ad in the classifieds section).
Re: HP-41 in the dark; A home made Porta-Lite - Brian Walsh - 09-20-2010
What a flashback. Tom Hooper made and sold the Port Lite (or was it the Port-X-Lite?) back in the early 80s for the 41. It had a switch on the exposed side of the module. Mine is buried away in a box somewhere.
Re: HP-41 in the dark; A home made Porta-Lite - Raymond Del Tondo - 09-20-2010
Yes, that one had been offered to me back in the early eighties by my favourite HP dealer, Buero Hansen in Bonn, Germany, for those who remember;-)
I should have bought at least one unit, but back then I had to save some money for my first X-Functions module...
Later, when I had some spare funds for toys, the lites weren't available anymore.
Re: HP-41 in the dark; A home made Porta-Lite - Alejandro Paz (Germany) - 09-20-2010
I thought it was a LED display :(
Re: HP-41 in the dark; A home made Porta-Lite - Diego Diaz - 09-21-2010
Nice gadget. I also recall the referred unit from the eighties...
Just some thoughts from the HW side of my brain:
-Is its power connected to the BAT or to the +V line in the module?
(I would recommend the BAT since the +V will load the DC/DC converter chip with some unnecessary extra mAmps)
Just my two cents... :-)
Best wishes from the Caribbean Sea.
Diego.
Edited: 21 Sept 2010, 3:21 p.m.
Re: HP-41 in the dark; A home made Porta-Lite - Geir Isene - 09-21-2010
Damn, I'd have to do a take3 then ;-)
Re: HP-41 in the dark; A home made Porta-Lite - Diego Diaz - 09-22-2010
Ha, ha... upgrades, upgrades, upgrades...
You've just entered the HW geeks weird word... mind your step :-)
Mail me if you thing I can be of any help with this.
Best wishes.
Diego.