So i am currently busy turning my Rift in to a wireless master piece. All the setup has been done and im currently testing battery life, however there must be a better way then to use batteries. Currently i need 12 batteries, to run the rift wireless (4 for the Rift, and 8 for the wireless HDMI device). Does anyone have some advice for me which i can try out to replace the batteries with something else?
Current progress: Testing battery life on the Wireless HDMI device (Currently running on 8 batteries for 1 hour and 13 minutes (lets see how long they last)).
I highly doubt ill get more then 2/3 hours of battery life on the HDMI device so 8 batteries for 3 hours (estimate) seems a little to steep i think. That is like 5 dollars per session for the HDMI device only (Rift not calculated yet).
Definetly the first thing will be rechargeable batteries, but are there other solutions which i should try out?
Nice! That definetly is worth looking into, my 8 batteries just died running 1 hour and 33 minutes...
I see those lipo batteries come in 3.7, 7.4, 11.1 etc. variations.
I saw a post of yours (if my mind serves me right) saying the rift could handle 6v.. so will the 7.4v also work or will i need some kind of volt regulator before frying my equipment?
"DrSnake" wrote: I saw a post of yours (if my mind serves me right) saying the rift could handle 6v.. so will the 7.4v also work or will i need some kind of volt regulator before frying my equipment?
The Rift controller voltage regulator can handle up to 18v (I think) *IF* you swap out a filter cap for one with a higher voltage rating (according to Dycus). Not sure what is in there now, but there is usually a a pretty high safety margin so the next LiPo voltage above 5v should be fine. I know others have reported that it worked for them.
However, if you really want to be safe, their are plenty of LiPo USB battery packs on eBay for not too much money too, and they already have a 5v regulator built into them.
I use the Asus WAVI with a LiPo 3S 2650mAh battery pack (=11.1V). It draws 0.7A at 10V (should last around 4 hours - plenty!) and a 5V 5000mAh battery USB battery pack to power the Rift (which draws around 0.5A at 5V), it should last up to 5-10 hours. I also plan to connect my Razer Hydra to the same battery pack when it is returned from repairs.
Just figuring out a good way to put it all in a small backpack now...
Next question to completing the setup: I put the hydra control base in the backpack to.. but now obviously the motion is inverted because the controllers are pointing away from the control base instead of pointing towards. Is it even possible to put this behind you and make the hydra work?
So sort of like saying to the hydra, the user is the location of the control base instead of the laptop.
