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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.element14.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>Vintage Laptop Battery Replaced with USB Power - How Hard Can It Be? -- Episode 541</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/27495/vintage-laptop-battery-replaced-with-usb-power---how-hard-can-it-be----episode-541</link><description /><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>Vintage Laptop Battery Replaced with USB Power - How Hard Can It Be? -- Episode 541</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/27495/vintage-laptop-battery-replaced-with-usb-power---how-hard-can-it-be----episode-541</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2022 08:24:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:fea7cd65-0c63-412d-8db4-d2d1e390ed42</guid><dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/27495/vintage-laptop-battery-replaced-with-usb-power---how-hard-can-it-be----episode-541#comments</comments><description>Current Revision posted to Documents by Matt on 3/11/2022 8:24:00 AM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpQt8ZtHIt0"&gt;www.youtube.com/watch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="background-color:#e9f6fc;border:1px solid #b8d7e5;margin:0;max-width:744px;padding:8px;"&gt;In the late 80s, Andy played games and learned to program on the Toshiba T1100 Plus, an upgraded version of the world&amp;#39;s first laptop PC. He recently found a similar one with the battery still intact, but of course not working. In this video, he explores the possibility of powering the computer with USB-C. After all, how hard could it be?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1ft10hr6p0"&gt;Bill of Material:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table class="e14-product-bom-main"&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Product Name&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Manufacturer&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Quantity&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-f764c" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3133715,2311599~4&amp;nsku=09H1717,86W1191~4&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_BUY_KIT" class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('f764c'));" data-farnell="3133715,2311599~4" data-newark="09H1717,86W1191~4" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea=",undefined~4" data-avnetema=",undefined~4" data-avnetasia=",undefined~4" &gt;Buy Kit&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Heavy Duty Connector Base, Economy Power Series, Panel Mount, AMP Economy Power Series Contacts&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;AMP - TE CONNECTIVITY&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-c9d5b" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3133715&amp;nsku=09H1717&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('c9d5b'));" data-farnell="3133715" data-newark="09H1717" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Rectangular Power Contact, EP Series, Tin Plated Contacts, Brass, Socket, Crimp, 22 AWG&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;AMP - TE CONNECTIVITY&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;4&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-3d745" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2311599&amp;nsku=86W1191&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('3d745'));" data-farnell="2311599" data-newark="86W1191" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr class="xs-hide"&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1fnsi73d42"&gt;Additional Parts:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;15W USB Buck Boost Voltage Converter with Fast Charge (QC 3.0)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Short Lengths (About 6&amp;quot;) of 18-22 Gauge Hook Up Wire (2 Red and 2 Black)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;USB Type C Mount Extension Dash Flush Cable (1m)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Quick Charge 3.0 USB Wall Charger Adapter, 18W&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #dadada;margin:0;padding:14px 16px 16px 18px;vertical-align:top;"&gt;
&lt;div style="display:inline-block;float:left;padding:0px 25px 8px 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/" data-e14adj="t"&gt;&lt;img alt="element14 presents" src="/e14/assets/legacy/2018/e14PresentsJune818.png" width="180px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:70%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-community-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/" data-e14adj="t"&gt;element14 presents&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;|&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a class="jive-link-wiki-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/vcp-program/w/documents/3724/vcp-biography-andy-west" data-e14adj="t"&gt;About Andy West&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="padding-right:5px;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;|&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-community-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/project-videos/" data-e14adj="t"&gt;Project Videos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: usb power, Toshiba T1100 Plus, te connectivity, battery, andy west, e14p_AW, laptop, friday_release&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Episode 541: Vintage Laptop Battery Replaced with USB Power - How Hard Can It Be?</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/27495/vintage-laptop-battery-replaced-with-usb-power---how-hard-can-it-be----episode-541/revision/4</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2022 21:27:59 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:fea7cd65-0c63-412d-8db4-d2d1e390ed42</guid><dc:creator>saradetwiler</dc:creator><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/27495/vintage-laptop-battery-replaced-with-usb-power---how-hard-can-it-be----episode-541#comments</comments><description>Revision 4 posted to Documents by saradetwiler on 7/7/2022 9:27:59 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpQt8ZtHIt0"&gt;www.youtube.com/watch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="background-color:#e9f6fc;border:1px solid #b8d7e5;margin:0;max-width:744px;padding:8px;"&gt;In the late 80s, Andy played games and learned to program on the Toshiba T1100 Plus, an upgraded version of the world&amp;#39;s first laptop PC. He recently found a similar one with the battery still intact, but of course not working. In this video, he explores the possibility of powering the computer with USB-C. After all, how hard could it be?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1ft10hr6p0"&gt;Bill of Material:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table class="e14-product-bom-main"&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Product Name&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Manufacturer&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Quantity&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-530f0" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3133715,2311599~4&amp;nsku=09H1717,86W1191~4&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_BUY_KIT" class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('530f0'));" data-farnell="3133715,2311599~4" data-newark="09H1717,86W1191~4" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea=",undefined~4" data-avnetema=",undefined~4" data-avnetasia=",undefined~4" &gt;Buy Kit&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Heavy Duty Connector Base, Economy Power Series, Panel Mount, AMP Economy Power Series Contacts&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;AMP - TE CONNECTIVITY&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-d3c0a" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3133715&amp;nsku=09H1717&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('d3c0a'));" data-farnell="3133715" data-newark="09H1717" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Rectangular Power Contact, EP Series, Tin Plated Contacts, Brass, Socket, Crimp, 22 AWG&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;AMP - TE CONNECTIVITY&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;4&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-f12b2" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2311599&amp;nsku=86W1191&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('f12b2'));" data-farnell="2311599" data-newark="86W1191" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr class="xs-hide"&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1fnsi73d42"&gt;Additional Parts:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;15W USB Buck Boost Voltage Converter with Fast Charge (QC 3.0)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Short Lengths (About 6&amp;quot;) of 18-22 Gauge Hook Up Wire (2 Red and 2 Black)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;USB Type C Mount Extension Dash Flush Cable (1m)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Quick Charge 3.0 USB Wall Charger Adapter, 18W&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #dadada;margin:0;padding:14px 16px 16px 18px;vertical-align:top;"&gt;
&lt;div style="display:inline-block;float:left;padding:0px 25px 8px 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/"&gt;&lt;img alt="element14 presents" src="/e14/assets/legacy/2018/e14PresentsJune818.png" width="180px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:70%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-community-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/"&gt;element14 presents&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;|&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a class="jive-link-wiki-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/vcp-program/w/documents/3724/vcp-biography-andy-west"&gt;About Andy West&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="padding-right:5px;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;|&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-community-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/project-videos/"&gt;Project Videos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: usb power, Toshiba T1100 Plus, te connectivity, battery, andy west, e14p_AW, laptop, friday_release&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Episode 541: Vintage Laptop Battery Replaced with USB Power - How Hard Can It Be?</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/27495/vintage-laptop-battery-replaced-with-usb-power---how-hard-can-it-be----episode-541/revision/3</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2022 14:35:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:fea7cd65-0c63-412d-8db4-d2d1e390ed42</guid><dc:creator>danzima</dc:creator><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/27495/vintage-laptop-battery-replaced-with-usb-power---how-hard-can-it-be----episode-541#comments</comments><description>Revision 3 posted to Documents by danzima on 3/23/2022 2:35:40 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpQt8ZtHIt0"&gt;www.youtube.com/watch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="background-color:#e9f6fc;border:1px solid #b8d7e5;margin:0;max-width:744px;padding:8px;"&gt;In the late 80s, Andy played games and learned to program on the Toshiba T1100 Plus, an upgraded version of the world&amp;#39;s first laptop PC. He recently found a similar one with the battery still intact, but of course not working. In this video, he explores the possibility of powering the computer with USB-C. After all, how hard could it be?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1ft10hr6p0"&gt;Bill of Material:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table class="e14-product-bom-main"&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Product Name&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Manufacturer&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Quantity&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-4d624" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3133715,2311599~4&amp;nsku=09H1717,86W1191~4&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_BUY_KIT" class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('4d624'));" data-farnell="3133715,2311599~4" data-newark="09H1717,86W1191~4" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea=",undefined~4" data-avnetema=",undefined~4" data-avnetasia=",undefined~4" &gt;Buy Kit&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Heavy Duty Connector Base, Economy Power Series, Panel Mount, AMP Economy Power Series Contacts&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;AMP - TE CONNECTIVITY&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-bff71" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3133715&amp;nsku=09H1717&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('bff71'));" data-farnell="3133715" data-newark="09H1717" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Rectangular Power Contact, EP Series, Tin Plated Contacts, Brass, Socket, Crimp, 22 AWG&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;AMP - TE CONNECTIVITY&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;4&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-fe7a9" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2311599&amp;nsku=86W1191&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('fe7a9'));" data-farnell="2311599" data-newark="86W1191" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr class="xs-hide"&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1fnsi73d42"&gt;Additional Parts:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;15W USB Buck Boost Voltage Converter with Fast Charge (QC 3.0)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Short Lengths (About 6&amp;quot;) of 18-22 Gauge Hook Up Wire (2 Red and 2 Black)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;USB Type C Mount Extension Dash Flush Cable (1m)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Quick Charge 3.0 USB Wall Charger Adapter, 18W&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #dadada;margin:0;padding:14px 16px 16px 18px;vertical-align:top;"&gt;
&lt;div style="display:inline-block;float:left;padding:0px 25px 8px 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/"&gt;&lt;img alt="element14 presents" src="/e14/assets/legacy/2018/e14PresentsJune818.png" width="180px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:70%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-community-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/"&gt;element14 presents&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;|&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a class="jive-link-wiki-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/vcp-program/w/documents/3724/vcp-biography-andy-west"&gt;About Andy West&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="padding-right:5px;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;|&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-community-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/project-videos/"&gt;Project Videos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: usb power, Toshiba T1100 Plus, te connectivity, battery, andy west, laptop, friday_release&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Episode 541: Vintage Laptop Battery Replaced with USB Power - How Hard Can It Be?</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/27495/vintage-laptop-battery-replaced-with-usb-power---how-hard-can-it-be----episode-541/revision/2</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2022 16:46:43 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:fea7cd65-0c63-412d-8db4-d2d1e390ed42</guid><dc:creator>pchan</dc:creator><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/27495/vintage-laptop-battery-replaced-with-usb-power---how-hard-can-it-be----episode-541#comments</comments><description>Revision 2 posted to Documents by pchan on 3/10/2022 4:46:43 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpQt8ZtHIt0"&gt;www.youtube.com/watch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="background-color:#e9f6fc;border:1px solid #b8d7e5;margin:0;max-width:744px;padding:8px;"&gt;In the late 80s, Andy played games and learned to program on the Toshiba T1100 Plus, an upgraded version of the world&amp;#39;s first laptop PC. He recently found a similar one with the battery still intact, but of course not working. In this video, he explores the possibility of powering the computer with USB-C. After all, how hard could it be?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1ft10hr6p0"&gt;Bill of Material:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table class="e14-product-bom-main"&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Product Name&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Manufacturer&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Quantity&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-3c169" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3133715,2311599~4&amp;nsku=09H1717,86W1191~4&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_BUY_KIT" class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('3c169'));" data-farnell="3133715,2311599~4" data-newark="09H1717,86W1191~4" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea=",undefined~4" data-avnetema=",undefined~4" data-avnetasia=",undefined~4" &gt;Buy Kit&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Heavy Duty Connector Base, Economy Power Series, Panel Mount, AMP Economy Power Series Contacts&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;AMP - TE CONNECTIVITY&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-abb54" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3133715&amp;nsku=09H1717&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('abb54'));" data-farnell="3133715" data-newark="09H1717" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Rectangular Power Contact, EP Series, Tin Plated Contacts, Brass, Socket, Crimp, 22 AWG&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;AMP - TE CONNECTIVITY&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;4&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-303a1" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2311599&amp;nsku=86W1191&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('303a1'));" data-farnell="2311599" data-newark="86W1191" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr class="xs-hide"&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1fnsi73d42"&gt;Additional Parts:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;15W USB Buck Boost Voltage Converter with Fast Charge (QC 3.0)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Short Lengths (About 6&amp;quot;) of 18-22 Gauge Hook Up Wire (2 Red and 2 Black)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;USB Type C Mount Extension Dash Flush Cable (1m)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Quick Charge 3.0 USB Wall Charger Adapter, 18W&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #dadada;margin:0;padding:14px 16px 16px 18px;vertical-align:top;"&gt;
&lt;div style="display:inline-block;float:left;padding:0px 25px 8px 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/"&gt;&lt;img alt="element14 presents" src="/e14/assets/legacy/2018/e14PresentsJune818.png" width="180px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:70%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-community-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/"&gt;element14 presents&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;|&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a class="jive-link-wiki-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/vcp-program/w/documents/3724/vcp-biography-andy-west"&gt;About Andy West&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="padding-right:5px;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;|&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-community-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/project-videos/"&gt;Project Videos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: usb power, Toshiba T1100 Plus, battery, andy west, laptop, friday_release&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Episode 541: Vintage Laptop Battery Replaced with USB Power - How Hard Can It Be?</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/27495/vintage-laptop-battery-replaced-with-usb-power---how-hard-can-it-be----episode-541/revision/1</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2022 20:36:06 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:fea7cd65-0c63-412d-8db4-d2d1e390ed42</guid><dc:creator>tariq.ahmad</dc:creator><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/27495/vintage-laptop-battery-replaced-with-usb-power---how-hard-can-it-be----episode-541#comments</comments><description>Revision 1 posted to Documents by tariq.ahmad on 2/28/2022 8:36:06 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpQt8ZtHIt0"&gt;www.youtube.com/watch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="background-color:#e9f6fc;border:1px solid #b8d7e5;margin:0;max-width:744px;padding:8px;"&gt;In the late 80s, Andy played games and learned to program on the Toshiba T1100 Plus, an upgraded version of the world&amp;#39;s first laptop PC. He recently found a similar one with the battery still intact, but of course not working. In this video, he explores the possibility of powering the computer with USB-C. After all, how hard could it be?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1ft10hr6p0"&gt;Bill of Material:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table class="e14-product-bom-main"&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Product Name&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Manufacturer&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Quantity&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-1f957" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3133715,2311599~4&amp;nsku=09H1717,86W1191~4&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_BUY_KIT" class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('1f957'));" data-farnell="3133715,2311599~4" data-newark="09H1717,86W1191~4" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea=",undefined~4" data-avnetema=",undefined~4" data-avnetasia=",undefined~4" &gt;Buy Kit&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Heavy Duty Connector Base, Economy Power Series, Panel Mount, AMP Economy Power Series Contacts&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;AMP - TE CONNECTIVITY&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-d43b9" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3133715&amp;nsku=09H1717&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('d43b9'));" data-farnell="3133715" data-newark="09H1717" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Rectangular Power Contact, EP Series, Tin Plated Contacts, Brass, Socket, Crimp, 22 AWG&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;AMP - TE CONNECTIVITY&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;4&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-27a0a" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2311599&amp;nsku=86W1191&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('27a0a'));" data-farnell="2311599" data-newark="86W1191" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr class="xs-hide"&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1fnsi73d42"&gt;Additional Parts:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;15W USB Buck Boost Voltage Converter with Fast Charge (QC 3.0)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Short Lengths (About 6&amp;quot;) of 18-22 Gauge Hook Up Wire (2 Red and 2 Black)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;USB Type C Mount Extension Dash Flush Cable (1m)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Quick Charge 3.0 USB Wall Charger Adapter, 18W&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #dadada;margin:0;padding:14px 16px 16px 18px;vertical-align:top;"&gt;
&lt;div style="display:inline-block;float:left;padding:0px 25px 8px 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/"&gt;&lt;img alt="element14 presents" src="/e14/assets/legacy/2018/e14PresentsJune818.png" width="180px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:70%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-community-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/"&gt;element14 presents&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;|&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a class="jive-link-wiki-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/vcp-program/w/documents/3724/vcp-biography-andy-west"&gt;About Andy West&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="padding-right:5px;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;|&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-community-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/project-videos/"&gt;Project Videos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: usb power, Toshiba T1100 Plus, battery, andy west, laptop&lt;/div&gt;
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