I finally plugged in the new board, since I could be reasonably sure the epoxy was mostly set. Of course, I still had to do some more trimming of the epoxy near the negative terminal to get it fit. But I was rewarded with a well-functioning NXT, tethered to whatever power outlet it was connected to.
This got me thinking, in order to not only allow for portability, but also accommodate short power outages, it would be nice to hook up a rechargeable battery pack in parallel with the NXT. There would be a trickle charge while it was running off of the wall power, but if I had to unplug it to move it, or the power was lost to the apartment, it could run on its own for a while. Neat idea, no? In the meantime, I need to set up a battery pack that I can plug into the board to run it away from the AC/DC converter without installing all of the batteries in the back.
As you can see, I didn't bother with any tabs or clasps. This saves a lot on complexity, and the extra Lego pieces simply serve as additional points from which to attach structure.
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