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Plotted Flex AA Battery Holder

This is a 3 x AA battery holder assembled from off-the-shelf single AA battery holders and a flexible circuit cut from copper tape and Kapton film.

Links:

Photos >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/plusea/sets/72157646646338654/
Plotted Flex PCB >> http://www.kobakant.at/DIY/?p=5371

Flexing:

Back and front:

Materials & Parts

Single AA Battery Holder

Dimensions: 57 mm x 18 mm x 14 mm
Connection type: solder lugs

Maplins AA >> http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/1-aa-battery-box-yr59p
Maplins AAA >> http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/1-aaa-battery-box-jy45y
Conrad AA >> http://www.conrad-electronic.co.uk/ce/en/product/615544/1-AA-Battery-Holder-With-Solder-Lugs-57-mm-x-18-mm-x-14-mm?ref=list

Copper Tape

Copper adhesive sheets >> http://www.techsoft.co.uk/products/knife-cutting/materials/cutronic-foil-pcbs.asp

Kapton Film

Kapton sheet material (SYNFLEX PI Film-SV2, 0.175mm thick) >> http://www.synflex.com

Kapton Tape

Kapton tape >> http://www.segor.de/#Q%3DKaptonband50mm%2833m%29%26M%3D1

Shrink Tube with Hot-Melt Adhesive

>> http://www.segor.de/#Q%3DSS6%25252C0%25252F3%25253A1IK-1%25252C2m%26M%3D1

JST Connector with Wire

13cm long wires >> https://www.sparkfun.com/products/8670
10cm long wires >> https://www.sparkfun.com/products/8671
15.24cm long wires >> https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9914

Battery Holders…

3 x AA battery holders:

>> http://www.conrad-electronic.co.uk/ce/en/product/615544/1-AA-Battery-Holder-With-Solder-Lugs-57-mm-x-18-mm-x-14-mm?ref=list
>> http://www.conrad-electronic.co.uk/ce/en/product/617946/1-AAA-Battery-Holder-With-Solder-Lugs-52-mm-x-15-mm-x-125-mm?ref=list
>> http://www.conrad-electronic.co.uk/ce/en/product/651042/1-AA-Battery-Holder-With-Snap-Fasteners-57-mm-x-17-mm-x-14-mm?ref=list

Cut-files

Making-of

Soldered connections:

Shrink-tube: