I think we would need to transplant the pcb.... the battery is 3.7v, so I Imagine the pcb is very similar to the small circuit boards in all the AA and AAA USB Battery chargers, converting the 3.7v to the 5v of the USB spec.
The photo with the battery-PCB does not show much detail so we do not yet know for sure what is there.
By looking at the PCB of the MT itself we could find some voltage regulators (step-up to 5V and up/down to 3.3?).
If those are there this could mean that we can feed the MT-PCB with about 3.x to 4.x volts and be OK.
Measurements like I indicated could help as well if we cannot dig out that small battery-PCB.
What is the Solidworks stuff about? If this could produce a nice,f fitting copy of the standard back with a slight `huncback` we could have a good mod! (Phantom power users? Microdrives?)
Yeah, its not the best, but I was not going to peel back the yellow cellophane/tape in this first run. I really think that this board does all the voltage reg... why else would it be there?
Also keep in mind that these pics are 1280x1024, so I would download them to your home pc and not let them be constrained by the size of your browser window. (not that this helps on the small battery pcb)
Solidworks... this is a common 3D CAD modeling program used by engineers. check it out:
http://www.solidworks.com/My goal is to 3D model a new bottom plate. I suppose I could just give it a hump, but if I'm making the bottom deeper anyway, then I should put more battery in there... what does everyone else think?
Anwyay, once that is complete, you send off your 3D model to any number of rapid prototyping houses, like
this place. You upload your drawing, then they give you quotes to the various prototyping processes they can use to make it. Some technologies are very fragile, while others are robust enough to be used in beta/pilot builds. Once it's proven, then you could send it off to someone (sometimes the same company) and they will make a small production run for you and lower your piece price costs...
-dvn