Will the device withstand a 12v SLA battery (Sealed Lead Acid) connected to this connector?
I'm at a loss to understand why there's no internal battery to hold the device "up" and connected to WiFi for the time it takes to walk from one room to the next or to an outbuilding. I stream FM stations and need something, else the Chumby just sits by my computer and might as well be a wired device. <sigh>
I tried moving it, riding an exercise bike after rebooting, them moving it back into the bedroom while showering after rebooting, and moving it into the computer room after rebooting, and moving it back into the den for an afternoon of reading after rebooting, and moving it back into the computer room late night after rebooting. But that just really seemed like a whale of a lot of frustrating grunt work that could be resolved by having a 1 Ah battery or so attached.
I did purchase a 1.3 Ah SLA nominal 12 V battery with the intent of somehow making this happen. One way would be to connect the battery in parallel with the external supply cord. I think the 12 V 1 A "wall wart" switching supply should do the trick for both charging the battery over its brief movement supply time depletion and running the Chumby.
Comments?
