Hand Crank battery charging Minty Boost?

Ideas and questions about MintyBoost kits

Moderators: adafruit_support_bill, adafruit

Hand Crank battery charging Minty Boost?

Postby mikemenzie » Sun May 20, 2012 12:04 am

Hey there. Just wondering about the possibility/feasibility of crossing a hand crank cell phone charger, a Minty Boost, and a hand crank double A battery charger. Basically, throw a crank on the Minty Boost and have a switch to charge the internal double A's, or switch over to throw entire charge to a phone.
mikemenzie
 
Posts: 1
Joined: Sat May 19, 2012 11:58 pm

Re: Hand Crank battery charging Minty Boost?

Postby adafruit_support_bill » Sun May 20, 2012 5:02 am

What voltage comes out of the hand-crank generator? You don't want to put more than 5v into the MintyBoost. Also, many phones don't respond well to unsteady charge voltages.
User avatar
adafruit_support_bill
 
Posts: 16083
Joined: Sat Feb 07, 2009 9:11 am


Return to MintyBoost

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest

Stuff to buy from the Adafruit store and links to product documentation!


New Products [108]

Raspberry Pi[80]
 
FLORA[23]
 
Bunnie Studios[9]
 
FPGA[1]
 
mbed[11]
Arduino[60]
 
NETduino[14]
 
BeagleBone[24]
 
Android[6]
 
XBee[10]
More Dev Boards[31]


 
BoArduino[8]
 
SpokePOV[4]
 
TV-B-Gone[4]
 
MiniPOV[3]
 
SIM reader[3]
 
Microtouch[5]
 
Clocks & Watches[18]
 
Drawdio[4]
 
Brain Machine[1]
 
Game of Life[2]
 
MintyBoost[2]
More DIY Kits[16]


 
MaKey MaKey[3]
 
Tweet-a-Watt[5]
 
Young Engineers[33]
 
Discover Electronics[2]
 
Snap Circuits[4]
 
littleBits[3]
 
Project packs[8]


 
Breakout Boards[34]
LCDs & Displays[48]
Components & Parts[70]
Batteries & Power[49]
EL Wire/Tape/Panel[52]
LEDs[111]
 
Wireless[14]
Cables[62]
 
Lasers[6]
Sensors/Parts[145]
 
Enclosures/Cases[11]
 
Solar[11]
 
RFID / NFC[13]
Prototyping[70]
 
iDevices[13]
Tools[71]
 
Wearables[39]
 
CNC[37]
 
Robotics[29]
 
3D printing[1]
 
Materials[24]


 
Stickers[41]
 
Skill badges[55]
 
Books[25]
 
Circuit Playground[7]
 
Gift Certificates[4]