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Aux battery pack for all your USB powered gadgets.A group of friends and I go hiking every year and I like to plot our trips using the GPS in my phone and the Google Tracks application. Trouble is 6+ hours of full time GPS use tends be a major drain to the battery. In previous years I had purchased commercial versions similar to this, they only lasted about a year, and were not as high capacity as I was able to build here. I found that I was able to keep my phone running for about two and a half days with this battery pack. Battery - http://www.sparkfun.com/products/8484 Charger/Booster - http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10300Print all three parts.Mark and drill the holes to hold the charger/booster circuit. Drill out the holes for the two sides. --I found that the sides printed better raft-less when the screw holes didn't go all the way through. I had intended to use the on board micro USB socket for charging and connect a the female end of a USB extension cable for discharging. Trouble is over time the on board micro USB socket broke off.... :( so I ended up soldering in both the male and female ends of the USB cable.Assemble, Charge... Discharge... At some point I need to add a switch between the battery and the charge/boost circuit. If I understand correctly, the charge/boost circuit has a constant draw that will eventually drain the battery.

Not So Minty Boost
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