I have now connected it to a PC and the blinking has gone. No actually the IOIO will be doing other stuff while also charging my phone. I am pretty sure it won't supply a clean 5V @ 0.5A, but I'll just cross my fingers it'll work.
On Wednesday, November 19, 2014 6:37:14 AM UTC+2, Ytai wrote: > > If you've never connected the IOIO to a PC, the blinking might be a signal > that means that clock calibration is required. Connect it to a PC once to > make it go away for good. > > I don't know what the specs of the dynamo are, but my gut feeling is that > it is very likely that it would probably not supply a clean 5V @ 0.5A. The > processor may be browning out although that in theory shouldn't be causing > the yellow LED to blink. > > If all you need is to charge the phone, why do you need the IOIO in the > middle at all??? > > On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 11:27 AM, Zaid Daba'een <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Hey, >> >> Yesterday I tried to charge my phone by connecting it through USB to the >> IOIO-OTG, and connecting 5V on the 5V input. I used basic Rectifier -> >> Capacitor -> 5V Regulator setup for supplying the power to the IOIO from >> the bike dynamo hub while cycling. At fast speeds, the IOIO stat LED starts >> to blink, and I was not able to charge neither an S3 nor a Nexus. >> >> Why was the LED blinking? Is this some kind of message? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "ioio-users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ioio-users. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ioio-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ioio-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
