Oculus CV1 & TPCAST Dual Battery Mod by Djacobs123

Last crawled date: 3 years, 1 month ago

Modification to the standard Oculus Rift CV1 and TPCAST version 1 setup. This mounts the TPCAST power block to the back of the headset and adds dual batteries to side straps. The energy is reduced from 20,000 mAh to 10,000 mAh from the standard TPCAST battery. The new batteries provided around 2 hours of power in one stretch, which was fine for me. The batteries are very cheap and total recharge time has been reduced from 8 hour to 3 hours.
You will need to print:
1x TPCAST_Oculus_Mount_V2_inch.stl
2x TPCAST_Dual_Battery_Holder_V2_inch.stl
You will need to buy:
2x KMASHI External Battery, Compact 5000mAh Portable Charger Power Bank Pack ($10.99 from Amazon)https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ZF523AK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
1x 2 Pack - USB Extension Cable 3.0, SNANSHI Short USB 3.0 Extension Cable 1 Ft USB3.0 A Male to Female 90 Degree Left and Right Angle Extender ($7.99 from Amazon)https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XWQF31X/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
1x 1 Roll - Eaxer 5 Yard Cable Hook & Loop Fastening Tape, 0.75 Inch Cable Organizer Ties in Black, ($6.17 on Amazon)https://www.amazon.com/Eaxer-Cable-Fastening-Organizer-Black/dp/B01I7YHYK4/ref=sr_1_16?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1516749441&sr=1-16&keywords=velcro+tape
Note that nothing in software tells you the battery charge, but the dual batteries have LED indicator lights on the side. There are four dots, each one represents 25% of the total charge.