samples of V3 and V4, along dynamo hub and other items are coming to Tuxbrain from Australia[1], They are more expensive but after the China fiasco, I hope the quality worth the effort. More info when they arrive
[1]http://www.pedalpower.com.au/ 2009/5/6 Daniel.Li <[email protected]>: > On Tue, 2009-05-05 at 23:33 +0100, George Brooke wrote: >> On Tuesday 05 May 2009 13:19:53 Robin Paulson wrote: >> > 2009/5/5 Christian Gagneraud <[email protected]>: >> > > Yeah, why not! :) I never went to the deep jungle, but i like to make >> > > trips in the wild, with just my bike and my tent, and the solar >> > > charger is the only solution to keep my GPS up and running for several >> > > days/weeks. >> > >> > or a hand-crank charger >> > >> > imo, this is a more reliable way of charging the battery - it'll work >> > anywhere (in a building, underground, when it's raining), anytime >> > (night) and is going to produce a bigger current than this size of >> > solar panel >> > >> > does anyone know of any decent crank chargers that will output over usb? >> Some wind-up torches can charge mobile phones, I've emailed one place to see >> if they can tell me what power theirs can output but no reply yet. > > I think the theory might be the same. > > solar board charge internal battery, and then battery charge phone. > crank output charge internal battery, and then battery charge phone. > > The question is how much mAh crank output and how much time it take to > charge the internal battery. :) >> >> solar.george >> _______________________________________________ >> Openmoko community mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > -- > Daniel.Li <[email protected]> > PALFocus (http://palfocus.oicp.net) > > > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > -- David Reyes Samblas Martinez http://www.tuxbrain.com Open ultraportable & embedded solutions Openmoko, Openpandora, Arduino Hey, watch out!!! There's a linux in your pocket!!! _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
