Re: Commercial alternative to MintyBoost

2009-08-13 Thread Laszlo KREKACS
Hey guys! I also progressed some with these usb battery charger project. Namely I bought three products: 1. GP InstantPower: http://www.alza.cz/mobilni-nabijecka-gp-instantpower-d94738.htm (it seems the fabrication has been stopped, so only surplus items are available on the market) 2. PowerGuy

Re: Commercial alternative to MintyBoost

2009-08-13 Thread Laszlo KREKACS
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 12:29 AM, Rask Ingemann Lambertsenccc94...@vip.cybercity.dk wrote: The catch is that fresh off the charger, the voltage is nearly 5.6 V and the absolute maximum rating of the Neo is 5.5 V. Yepp, you need a comparator, which also waste power... Btw, what is the nominal

Re: Commercial alternative to MintyBoost

2009-08-13 Thread Christian Rüb
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 12:29 AM, Rask Ingemann Lambertsenccc94...@vip.cybercity.dk wrote: The catch is that fresh off the charger, the voltage is nearly 5.6 V and the absolute maximum rating of the Neo is 5.5 V. Yepp, you need a comparator, which also waste power... Btw, what is the

Re: Commercial alternative to MintyBoost

2009-08-10 Thread Rask Ingemann Lambertsen
On Tue, Aug 04, 2009 at 08:35:12AM +0200, Laszlo KREKACS wrote: I would like to find an off-the-shelf solution of MintyBoost: http://www.ladyada.net/make/mintyboost/ What I want is a nice plastic box, ie proper product not a home-made device. So Im looking for more professional look, Im

Re: Commercial alternative to MintyBoost

2009-08-10 Thread Rask Ingemann Lambertsen
On Tue, Aug 04, 2009 at 01:47:03PM +0200, Radek Polak wrote: First the problem with AA charger is that when you plug it in Neo it probably gives just 100mA current and the phone seems to be slowly discharging. So i tried set chg_curlim to 1000 and turn of display. According to negative

Re: Commercial alternative to MintyBoost

2009-08-04 Thread Petr Vanek
I would like to find an off-the-shelf solution of MintyBoost: http://www.ladyada.net/make/mintyboost/ What I want is a nice plastic box, ie proper product not a home-made device. So Im looking for more professional look, Im totally fine with the electrical content, the circuit seems really nice.

Re: Commercial alternative to MintyBoost

2009-08-04 Thread Laszlo KREKACS
On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 8:48 AM, Petr Vanekvan...@penguin.cz wrote: perhaps someone can suggest a website (which i don't know about) I was in plenty shop here. Like in big electronic market, and specialized gsm phone accessories shops. So about twenty shops in total, but nowhere heard about a

Re: Commercial alternative to MintyBoost

2009-08-04 Thread Michal Brzozowski
2009/8/4 Laszlo KREKACS laszlo.krekacs.l...@gmail.com I would like to use freerunner without charging possibility for 10-14 hours continously. For my 8 day bike trip I took 2 spare Nokia batteries. The whole set of batteries lasted ~ 5 days of occasional GPS and GSM usage. If it's ok for you

Re: Commercial alternative to MintyBoost

2009-08-04 Thread Patryk Benderz
http://www.outletpc.com/c6862.html http://www.boxwave.com/products/batteryadapter/ http://www.semsons.com/unbaexwiusbp.html rather not AA: http://eshop.macsales.com/item/iDowell/CHARGER/ -- Kind Regards Patryk Benderz IT Specialist Linux Registered User #377521 +48 22 538 6292 ERSTE

Re: Commercial alternative to MintyBoost

2009-08-04 Thread Angus Ainslie
On August 4, 2009 12:35:12 am Laszlo KREKACS wrote: Hi! So Im looking to something more professional look, I want to buy between 10 and 30 pieces. So the home-made version is a no-go (no matter how nice electrical-wise). Hey Laszlo, Energizer has the Energi to go series of products.

Re: Commercial alternative to MintyBoost

2009-08-04 Thread Alexander Lehner
On Tue, 4 Aug 2009, Angus Ainslie wrote: On August 4, 2009 12:35:12 am Laszlo KREKACS wrote: Hi! So Im looking to something more professional look, I want to buy between 10 and 30 pieces. So the home-made version is a no-go (no matter how nice electrical-wise). Here is one, that I CAN

Re: Commercial alternative to MintyBoost

2009-08-04 Thread Petr Vanek
So Im looking to something more professional look, I want to buy between 10 and 30 pieces. So the home-made version is a no-go (no matter how nice electrical-wise). Here is one, that I CAN NOT recommend: http://www.powerguy.de/produkte/1/7/powerguy-m-100/ It has a very lousy USB plug which

Re: Commercial alternative to MintyBoost

2009-08-04 Thread Radek Polak
Im looking what MintyBoost is capable of. Charge the phone from *any* AA battery. no matter if its a rechargable battery, or a simple duracell battery. I bought such charger in Czech eShop for ~ 7 euros: http://www.alza.cz/mobilni-nabijecka-gp-instantpower-d94738.htm Used it during my 5day

Re: Commercial alternative to MintyBoost

2009-08-04 Thread Radek Polak
Im looking what MintyBoost is capable of. Charge the phone from *any* AA battery. no matter if its a rechargable battery, or a simple duracell battery. I bought such charger in Czech eShop for ~ 7 euros: http://www.alza.cz/mobilni-nabijecka-gp-instantpower-d94738.htm Used it during my 5day