Monthly Archives: July 2010
Solar Charger for iPhone 4 – Two Ways
We’ve produced 3 different iPod/iPhone adapters and modified both our USB ports and USB adapters to keep up with the evolving charge specifications of Apple products. So we were excited when the iPhone 4 charged flawlessly from the USB port …
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Solar Power for Northwest Road Trip
Krissie Nagy recently took a road trip throughout the Pacific Northwest. She used her Converter solar backpack to charge her iPhone (the camera for all these pictures) as well as her Flip video camera. For more photos, see our flickr …
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Build a Solar Minty Boost Solar Charger
Adafruit just released a how-to for building your own solar charger for Li-Polyum batteries using one of our 2.0 Watt panels, a Li-Polymer battery pack, Li-Poly battery charger circuit and of course a Minty Boost. You’ll be able to build …
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Solar Charging for Rural Entrepreneurs – World Cup Edition
There is an ongoing struggle to meet the energy demand in remote areas of the world. We haven’t seen that many good articles measuring the efficacy of different approaches to providing power to remote regions. This study conducted by Hajat …
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Mountain-top Solar
Graphic Designer Terence Devine took this shot of his solar backpack on top Camel’s Hump Mountain in Vermont. He charges both his and his friends’ cell phones.
Yes, it charges the MiFi
Got a chance to test solar charging a Verizon MiFi 2200 at Choice this morning. It charged from both the USB battery and directly from a 2.0 Watt, 6 Volt solar panel via the Micro USB adapter. The reflection of …
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