The Apple diyMod: My Take on the Famous iMod [56k killer] Featuring 3G, 4G, 5G and nano 1G!

[joneeboi]

>so you're telling me to get the 6.3v blackgates right?

Yes.

>Making an order now! How expensive is partsconnexion shipping?

Mine was about $15 and it arrived in 3 business days. Order quickly, they close on the 21st and don't ship anything until the new year!

>Also what hook up wire to get? Radio shack?
Anything small. 30AWG, 28AWG, anything you fancy.

>What soldering iron are you guys using?

Weller WLC100, but I don't know if that matters. I probably should pick up some new tips, something finer than the stock. Hakko 936 sounds good though.

[CAvanessia]

Here is a picture of the dock pins on my nano. This is the best picture I can get. The magenta lines are where I found paths when testing the pins with my LOD. I will research more into how to decipher which is which.

For the people who have never seen the internals of the nano, the "Z" caps C53/C54 are on the backside of the upper-half of the nano. So I led the wires through a crack near the battery to get the wires onto this side of the nano (relative to the picture). It's quite trivial to route the wires to the pins shown in the picture without upsetting anything.

[iQEM]

Originally Posted by joneeboi

iQEM:

How's your diyMod nano coming along? I haven't touched my Black Gates yet because I don't want to mess up this final, so I'm very anxious to open up my partsconneXion box. My other iPod dock connectors haven't arrived from Ridax yet, but I still have plenty of other things to work on over this Christmas break. I'll post pictures of how I did the diyMod dock, if you want

huehehehee, not having any progress at all... i must have buy the caps, wires & some parts for making dock to mini coneector first before i workout the DIYmod nano... what's partsconneXion box used for ? i'll wait for the pictures of your DIYmod dock...

Originally Posted by CAvanessia

joneeboi,
Has anyone thought about replacing the battery in the ipod nanos to a smaller battery to make room for the caps? It's li-ion 3.7v 340mAh battery. Assuming the entire depth of the battery compartment can fit some caps of course.

I'll do some digging around.

great idea...what ?! only 340mAh battery on Nano ? no wonder they dont last for good...are any higher capacity battery for nano 1st GEN ? sorry kinda out of topic...

Originally Posted by KoKoKrunch

Edit 2: Hurray, my dad just showed me his soldering skills, and it seems he's gonna nail it easy as cake, hehe. :P

what an lucky one...

Originally Posted by CAvanessia

Here is a picture of the dock pins on my nano. This is the best picture I can get. The magenta lines are where I found paths when testing the pins with my LOD. I will research more into how to decipher which is which.

For the people who have never seen the internals of the nano, the "Z" caps C53/C54 are on the backside of the upper-half of the nano. So I led the wires through a crack near the battery to get the wires onto this side of the nano (relative to the picture). It's quite trivial to route the wires to the pins shown in the picture without upsetting anything.

useful pict...thx !

[vvs_75]

Originally Posted by joneeboi

vvs_75:

What film caps did you decide on for your mod? I'm really missing my iPod nano at this moment, but I should be getting another 4G click wheel soon. Please share with the rest of us your experiences and, most importantly, your photos

I am taking pics through out the process and post them ASAP.

[vvs_75]

Originally Posted by fatman711

hey Jon,
so you're telling me to get the 6.3v blackgates right?

Making an order now! How expensive is partsconnexion shipping? Might pick up a hakko 936 too.

Also what hook up wire to get? Radio shack?

What soldering iron are you guys using?

thanks

If you in Canada then partsconnexion should be cheaper.

I bought mine from Michael Percy Audio Ordering Information

it was under $10 within US

[KoKoKrunch]

Hey would you guys recommend the 22uF or 47 uF capacitor?

[bobby001]

need also to sold some resistors with each caps or just the caps are enough ?

Red Wine use 47uF

[ruZZ.il]

good thing I got some BGs in my stash bin I was planning on building another alien dac with them. It'll have to wait :P I'm enjoying the ESs in my alien dac now anyway. Nice over the silmics. Will open my nano next week
Also, the BGs fit really nicely in the dock connector.. I think I'm just going to bypass the current line out.

bobby: The caps alone are fine. you can always make a little cable with resistors in if you want to smooth things out, or to marginally improve bass on very low impedance cans.. but so marginally, so..

[iQEM]

sorry, but how to route ground wires ? i kind of miss this step...thx !

[KoKoKrunch]

Originally Posted by iQEM

sorry, but how to route ground wires ? i kind of miss this step...thx !

I believe there's no need for ground wires o_0?