Woodstock Powered w/o Battery Pack

[gcmrtin1]

Can the Woodstock series be powered without the battery pack installed?

[AndiGer]

Not from the charger w/o battery pack. Will toast the ACT chip

[Maximilian Hohmann]

Hello!

(12-06-2018 07:22 PM)gcmrtin1 Wrote:  Can the Woodstock series be powered without the battery pack installed?

Yes, but NOT with the supplied charger. Otherwise the delicate circuits will be destroyed by overvoltage. If you want to power it without a battery pack you either cut the cable of the charger and connect it to a 2.5 to 3V regulated DC power supply or you connect that power supply to the battery contacts inside the calculator. Watch the polarity!

Regards
Max

[burkhard]

(12-06-2018 07:26 PM)AndiGer Wrote:  Not from the charger w/o battery pack. Will toast the ACT chip

Very very quickly.
That HP charger is evil incarnate.