This step allows both the OLPC and the Create to charge together.



First, prepare the DB25 connector.



1. Take a female Kyosho connector and strip about 0.25 inches of insulation from the tips of both wires.

2. Twist and tin the strands.

3. Cut two small pieces of heat shrink and slide one on to each wire.

4. Solder the red cable to pin 11 of the DB25 connector.

3. Solder the black cable to pin 25 of the DB25 connector.

4. Slide the heat shrink down to cover the pins and use the hair dryer to shrink it.



Next, prepare the OLPC power connector.



1. Cut the OLPC power cable in half with wire cutters. Be sure you can remember the orientation of the two cables (positive and negative).

2. Strip about 0.25 inches of insulation from both cut ends.

3. Separate the two cables on both ends approximately 1 inch down the cable.

4. To determine which wire is the ground, use a volt meter set to check continuity or measure resistence. Place one probe on the outside of the barrel plug and place the other on one wire. If the meter indicates resistance or continuity, you have selected the ground wire.

5. Strip about 0.25 inches of insulation from a male Kyosho adapter.

6. Cut two short pieces of heat shrink and slide one over each cable of the Kyosho adapter.

7. Solder the black Kyosho adpater wire to the ground wire of the OLPC's barrel plug.

8. Solder the red Kyosho adapter wire to the positive wire of the OLPC's barrel plug.

9. Slide the heat shrink over your solder joints and use the hair dryer to shrink it.



Finally, solder and heat shrink another female Kyosho adapter to the other half of the power adapter.