EagleTG
Active member
Quick question for those who might know. I have a Cinematronics World Series Baseball (The Season, if it matters) that I've just completed restoring for a friend. Except for one part, there is a battery on the PCB.
I believe it is a soldered-in NiCad battery. My concern is regarding the obvious issues with NiCad batteries on boards. I can handle this a few ways, by switching to a capacitor, standard AA batteries with a diode, replace the NiCad with another NiCad mounted remotely, or just simply remove the battery. Unfortunately, I don't have a memory capacitor available, and have limited time to get this project completed.
Right now, I'm leaning toward just removing the battery as I don't think there will be a concern about saving scores and team stats. Does anyone know if the game will continue to operate properly without the battery, or are there issues when the game is forced to boot cold every day?
Thanks everyone!
I believe it is a soldered-in NiCad battery. My concern is regarding the obvious issues with NiCad batteries on boards. I can handle this a few ways, by switching to a capacitor, standard AA batteries with a diode, replace the NiCad with another NiCad mounted remotely, or just simply remove the battery. Unfortunately, I don't have a memory capacitor available, and have limited time to get this project completed.
Right now, I'm leaning toward just removing the battery as I don't think there will be a concern about saving scores and team stats. Does anyone know if the game will continue to operate properly without the battery, or are there issues when the game is forced to boot cold every day?
Thanks everyone!

