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Originally Posted by Wonko View Post
Alright... of course all warnings etc. from the initial post apply as well

I connect the whole shebang via USB. Though I am not using the USB port but rather the pads beneath the battery (see the first image).

I took the Powermat receiver of an Iphone 3G Powermat set. You can pretty easily break it off the casing without damaging it. Furthermore, it is internally connected via a flat ribbon cable which detaches easily.
On the second picture you can see where I identified GND and +5V (actually you get something around 5.2V from it). I accidentally fried the first GND soldering pad located next to the +5V pad so I used another GND pad which can be seen in the background.
Excellent! Couldn't find complete pinouts when I did my inductive charging mod, so I added a Li-ion charger to directly charge the battery -- now I can connect to the USB pads and BME can stop being a ****** about low-battery warnings.

Check my version out in my sig, and welcome to the very exclusive inductive-charging club!