Bluetooth GPS

[rawveg]

I got a little bored yesterday, so decided to have a rummage through my stuff to see what I could come up with. I was originally hunting for things that I could sell on... you guys think I'm bad for PV's and Mods, but gadgets have always been a particular passion of mine..

Going through my stuff I came across an old Bluetooth GPS unit, that I originally got for using as a laptop satnav, of course a few phone upgrades later, and it's gathering dust, which is no surprise...

Now, I've been slowly but surely gathering all the bits I need to start making my own PVs, and on Saturday some push to make switches I ordered finally came through... what I really need is a better soldering iron as the one I have is old and terrible, and I want some other bits and pieces too, but I figured, I've got enough to get going along with.

I have built a PV before, well sort of. It was a tube mod, that was really my learning piece, so I don't really count it (I call it the Sh!t St!ck), the biggest learning curve was doing things in the right order and making sure you've double check everything before you solder. The Sh!t St!ck got its name because I must have soldered, desoldered and resoldered each joint three or four times...

Anyway, the end result of an hours work yesterday is this:-



It takes a single 14500 battery, has no LED's (as I don't have any), no on/off switch (as I don't have one), it's just a simple push button and go, and it works suprisingly well!

I do need to get myself some new bits of equipment, I certainly need a better soldering iron, a dremel rather than the big power drill I've been using, and I need to develop more than a rudimentary knowledge of electronics I feel... but I'm getting there. Going to do an 18650 mod soon, but first I think I'm going to try my hand at a repairable atomiser tank... well, we shall see.


Hope you enjoy!


Tim

[netty]

How cool is that,brill Tim.Well done.
NNN

[collie2011]

I like that, you could really confuse people with that lol

[Lee]

Pretty sweet, nice work Tim.

[thescot]

Great stuff Tim ...you won't need yer Apex or provari now? ...lol

[rawveg]

Jun 13, 2011 9:37:51 GMT @thescot said:

Great stuff Tim ...you won't need yer Apex or provari now? ...lol

Hahahaha, nice try mate

[rawveg]

Jun 13, 2011 9:29:07 GMT collie2011 said:

I like that, you could really confuse people with that lol

I already did... shame I didn't have the LED's, as I would have liked to have some of those in there to get that working. The side of the case has a slot for an on/off slider too, so I may well add one of those at some point if I think it needs it.

Really like the button though, it needs a very definite press to activate, and feels quite tactile.

I tried to avoid the use of epoxy completely on this mod, and sadly failed... where the atomizer connector is located, there's a seam where the black plastic and the white plastic join, and the black plastic was only glued on in the first place. Of course the moment I start drilling it started coming apart at the seams (literally), and I had to epoxy it back. Sadly this also meant that when I was making the hole wide enough for the atty connector, the hole became more of a slight oval shape, and therefore the connector didn't fit in properly anymore, so I used a dab of epoxy to make sure it wasn't going anywhere... that's the only thing I didn't like about this mod, was having to resort to using epoxy resin. There's also a touch of epoxy on the battery connectors, which were epoxyed, and then a battery placed in between (as it's a firm and flush fit), to make sure that they didn't stray from the sides...

The insides though, are pretty tidy. The battery connectors I ripped out of a AAA battery holder, and I was able to create enough space inside by heating up a stanley blade and slicing away the erroneous parts of plastic that weren't needed.



Overall I'm pretty pleased with it, and I'm thinking that maybe there's a use for all these unused remote controls I've got sitting in a box



Tim

[thescot]

Tim if you want to avoid epoxy and the box is not too thick try using a 901 battery connector (easier to solder for me anyway) on the inside of the box and tighten it up on the outside with a 901-510 adapter. This should save any gold bits showing.
If the box is too thick then the adapter may not make the connection.
The other reason i prefer it is because the 901 is sealed and most but not all 510's are not. Easy to seal the 510 though ....again it looks good.

[Lee]

Jun 13, 2011 10:17:21 GMT @thescot said:

Tim if you want to avoid epoxy and the box is not too thick try using a 901 battery connector (easier to solder for me anyway) on the inside of the box and tighten it up on the outside with a 901-510 adapter. This should save any gold bits showing.
If the box is too thick then the adapter may not make the connection.
The other reason i prefer it is because the 901 is sealed and most but not all 510's are not. Easy to seal the 510 though ....again it looks good.

That's a clever idea! I might pinch that for my next mod but the other way round so I end up with a 901 connection. I have two dead Riva batteries that I could use the connectors from.

[roachieuk (aka eciggery2011)]

I really like that Tim small and compact and very discreet.Well donw!!!

very nice looking.

You know what ive ofter thought why can people use mobile phone batterys as ive never seen amod use one?

Is it something to do with the make of them?

[rawveg]

Thanks mate!

I had a similar thought once I pulled all the innards out of this unit Roachie... the battery was a 3.7v 2300Ma battery, so it should have worked, and I was kicking myself for only checking that later.

I think most mobile phone batteries would probably be up to the job in all honesty... maybe it's the chemistry that's the problem? Hmmmm, I've got a few old mobiles knocking about... I may just have to investigate that!

[rawveg]

Jun 13, 2011 10:44:05 GMT Lee said:

I have two dead Riva batteries that I could use the connectors from.

Another good reason for me to get into modding is that I've got a box full of dead Tornado, standard 501, 910 and KR8080D batteries that need to be used up Think at the last count I had around 120 batteries! So yeah, lots of modding to do, once I can work out how to get the connectors off!


Tim

[roachieuk (aka eciggery2011)]

Yeah its something i have often wonderd the reason i asked was cause i was trying to get my mums phone working for her the other day and i noticed it was 800mah 3.7v and i thought hmmm?

But that unit you made i envy you as i would love to pick up something and mod it.Now give me a PC and i can mod it within a couple of hours but give me something to turn into an ecig lol then forget it hehe.One day i will read more into it.

Keep up the good work mate i really do think that units nice and lil

[collie2011]

I have an old blackberry here. Now that'd make a funky mod lol

[rawveg]

Jun 13, 2011 10:59:47 GMT roachieuk (aka eciggery2011) said:

Yeah its something i have often wonderd the reason i asked was cause i was trying to get my mums phone working for her the other day and i noticed it was 800mah 3.7v and i thought hmmm?

But that unit you made i envy you as i would love to pick up something and mod it.Now give me a PC and i can mod it within a couple of hours but give me something to turn into an ecig lol then forget it hehe.One day i will read more into it.

Keep up the good work mate i really do think that units nice and lil

Thanks very much mate. To be honest my electronics knowledge is only rudimentary, and I picked that up from doing PC Repairs and Front Line, Second Line and Principal support for a PC Manufacturer. Seriously mate, if you can fix a PC you can put together a simple mod.

I'm going to have a look at modding a phone... I really like that idea


Tim