Re: [all] Car charger

2009-05-06 Thread Joerg Reisenweber
Am So 26. April 2009 schrieb Al Johnson: > On the DIY front mini-b plugs with all pins available are hard to find in > small quantities, in the UK at least. Has anyone found a source? See http://www.partsdata.de/USB_Mini-B-Verlaengerung_Kabel_1m_CU-XB05-10.html /j signature.asc Description: T

Re: [all] Car charger

2009-04-26 Thread David Reyes Samblas Martinez
2009/4/26 Jeffrey Ratcliffe : > David, > > You have a car charger in your shop: > > http://www.tuxbrain.net/shop/product_info.php?products_id=44 > > Does this have the appropriate resistor to allow the FR to > automatically select a higher charging rate? As far as I know

Re: [all] Car charger

2009-04-26 Thread Al Johnson
On Sunday 26 April 2009, Jeffrey Ratcliffe wrote: > David, > > You have a car charger in your shop: > > http://www.tuxbrain.net/shop/product_info.php?products_id=44 > > Does this have the appropriate resistor to allow the FR to > automatically select a higher charging rat

[all] Car charger

2009-04-26 Thread Jeffrey Ratcliffe
David, You have a car charger in your shop: http://www.tuxbrain.net/shop/product_info.php?products_id=44 Does this have the appropriate resistor to allow the FR to automatically select a higher charging rate? Regards Jeff ___ Openmoko community

TomTom Carcharger reported to just work and other car charger issues ...

2009-01-17 Thread Lothar Behrens
Hi, today I have read about the car charger compatibility List that TomTom car charger (4N00.007) will just work. http://www.1a-handyshop.de/kfzladekabel-miniusb-1224v-tomtom-live-live-live-4n7-original-tomtom-p-89928.html http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/USB_charger So I wonder, that

Re: Re: Car Charger?

2009-01-16 Thread Jan Henkins
I bought a generic iPod charger at a car accessory shop for about £2, works like a charm. This specific one doesn't have a USB cable, but it takes a normal FR cable. They probably overcharged me even at that price-point... On Fri, January 16, 2009 10:27, arne anka wrote: >> This looks very good. C

Re: Re: Car Charger?

2009-01-16 Thread arne anka
> This looks very good. Can anyone recommend anything similar available in > Germany? almost every cheap mobile shop or 99ct shop should have those available. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mai

Re: Re: Car Charger?

2009-01-16 Thread jeffrey . ratcliffe
On Jan 15, 2009 6:21pm, Josh Thompson wrote: http://www.extremepda.com/AUTOMOUNT-GN-LG.html This looks very good. Can anyone recommend anything similar available in Germany? Regards Jeff ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmo

Re: Car Charger?

2009-01-15 Thread Josh Thompson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday January 04, 2009, lollisoft wrote: > Another question: Does someone have seen a docking station like item to > place the phone when driving > with navigation. This could also have a built in car charger :-) I use this this mod

Re: My solution (was: Car Charger?)

2009-01-13 Thread Benedikt Bär
On Tue, 2009-01-13 at 09:34 -0500, Jon 'maddog' Hall wrote: > The problem I had was that the FR has it's buttons and USB port > at the bottom and the holder comes designed to hold the mobile > at the bottom ;) > > It has two pieces: One that attaches to the car, an

Re: My solution (was: Car Charger?)

2009-01-13 Thread Jan Henkins
Hi Jon, On Tue, January 13, 2009 14:34, Jon 'maddog' Hall wrote: > It would be nice to ask X11 to rotate everything 180 degrees. Then the > "top" of the Openmoko would become the bottom. > > Sounds like a good application of the accelerometer to me. Yes, that could be a solution. In fact, in t

Re: My solution (was: Car Charger?)

2009-01-13 Thread Jon 'maddog' Hall
The problem I had was that the FR has it's buttons and USB port at the bottom and the holder comes designed to hold the mobile at the bottom ;) It has two pieces: One that attaches to the car, and the other which holds the mobile.

Re: My solution (was: Car Charger?)

2009-01-13 Thread Benedikt Bär
Hi all, After talking with Christoph from Pulster we thought I'd share my car holder solution to everyone :) Attached you can find the photos of my car holder. Basically, the whole thing did only cost me 5€ (~3 USD), but I had to modify it slightly for the FR (explanation bellow). I bought it f

Re: Car Charger?

2009-01-07 Thread William Kenworthy
Try forcing it to 500ma using one of the battery.py scripts on the wiki. I used a car charger yesterday (650ma) that didnt even show as plugged in until I forced it to 500ma and then it was fine. However, its useless for jump starting/trickle charging as the phone must be up to turn it on - as I

Re: Car Charger?

2009-01-05 Thread Al Johnson
On Monday 05 January 2009, Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: > On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 02:40:34PM +, Vasco Névoa wrote: > > I bought a "Trust" car lighter adapter (5V/1A) with its own cable, and > > it doesn't charge the freerunner. > > Shouldn't it have to be 2A ? > > Rui That depends on what yo

Re: Car Charger?

2009-01-05 Thread Vasco Névoa
Citando Rui Miguel Silva Seabra : > Shouldn't it have to be 2A ? Why should it? If the FR can charge at 3 different rates (100, 500, 1000mA), any charger that can give 500 or 1000mA is good enough... it all depends on how much time you want to wait for a charge... ;) I tested it right now, an

Re: Car Charger?

2009-01-05 Thread Rui Miguel Silva Seabra
On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 02:40:34PM +, Vasco Névoa wrote: > I bought a "Trust" car lighter adapter (5V/1A) with its own cable, and > it doesn't charge the freerunner. Shouldn't it have to be 2A ? Rui -- Hail Eris! Today is Setting Orange, the 5th day of Chaos in the YOLD 3175 Celebrate Mun

Re: Car Charger?

2009-01-05 Thread Vasco Névoa
hnet : > > Thanks for all the answers guys, looks like I can grab any old USB charger, > 5V/2A being preferable. > > And a GPS style wndscreen mount would be useful. I'm sure I can find > something though. > -- > View this message in context: > http://n2.nabble.co

Re: Car Charger?

2009-01-05 Thread Gothnet
Thanks for all the answers guys, looks like I can grab any old USB charger, 5V/2A being preferable. And a GPS style wndscreen mount would be useful. I'm sure I can find something though. -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Car-Charger--tp2106770p2112932.html Sent fro

Re: Car Charger?

2009-01-04 Thread Carl Lobo
to flip the display (xrandr -o 2) but its been working great for me. So does a standard USB car charger from ebay. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: Car Charger?

2009-01-04 Thread Timo Juhani Lindfors
Gothnet writes: > Has anyone found a car charger that would work to supply power to the FR > running as a navigation aid? "USB Car Adapter" from http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.688 is only $2.58 and works for me. ___ Op

Re: Car Charger?

2009-01-04 Thread Benedikt Bär
On Sun, 2009-01-04 at 03:06 -0800, lollisoft wrote: > Just an idea, > > I haven't seen quickly which car charger or other charger works without more > than yust pluging it into the > USB slot. > > A table stating this would be quite good :-) > > Using the 12V/

Re: Car Charger?

2009-01-04 Thread lollisoft
Just an idea, I haven't seen quickly which car charger or other charger works without more than yust pluging it into the USB slot. A table stating this would be quite good :-) Using the 12V/220V converter is another option - even a more universal one :-) Another question: Does someone

Re: Car Charger?

2009-01-04 Thread Olivier Berger
Gothnet writes: > > Has anyone found a car charger that would work to supply power to the FR > running as a navigation aid? > Hi. I suppose that you might find interesting hints (or improve it when you've found what you need) in : http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/USB_charger I

Re: Car Charger?

2009-01-03 Thread Gothnet
ut... it just seems wrong. Converting 12V DC to AC via an inverter and then back to 5V DC for the device can't be that efficient? -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Car-Charger--tp2106770p2106889.html Sent from the Openmoko Community mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _

Re: Car Charger?

2009-01-03 Thread Vincent MEURISSE
On Saturday 03 January 2009 20:57:19 Gothnet wrote: > Has anyone found a car charger that would work to supply power to the FR > running as a navigation aid? I use a cheap car-usb adapter. It work perfectly with a standard usb cable. -- Vincent ME

Re: Car Charger?

2009-01-03 Thread Jeffrey Ratcliffe
2009/1/3 Gothnet : > Has anyone found a car charger that would work to supply power to the FR > running as a navigation aid? My previous phone was an HTC TyTN II, and the charger from that seems to work OK - eg.: http://www.expansys.com/p.aspx?i=138248 The exact one I have I can't

Re: Car Charger?

2009-01-03 Thread SCarlson
probably never going to be more than a few hours with GPS > running.... > > Has anyone found a car charger that would work to supply power to the FR > running as a navigation aid? > -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Car-Charger--tp2106770p2106859.html Sen

Re: Car Charger?

2009-01-03 Thread Ed Kapitein
should >> (hopefully!) have fairly stable operation, and that freerunner battery life >> is probably never going to be more than a few hours with GPS running >> >> Has anyone found a car charger that would work to supply power to the FR >> running as a navigation aid? >

Re: Car Charger?

2009-01-03 Thread Rui Miguel Silva Seabra
by then we should > (hopefully!) have fairly stable operation, and that freerunner battery life > is probably never going to be more than a few hours with GPS running > > Has anyone found a car charger that would work to supply power to the FR > running as a navigation aid? Not looke

Car Charger?

2009-01-03 Thread Gothnet
life is probably never going to be more than a few hours with GPS running Has anyone found a car charger that would work to supply power to the FR running as a navigation aid? -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Car-Charger--tp2106770p2106770.html Sent from the Openmoko

Re: car charger

2008-10-13 Thread David Garabana Barro
El Venres, 10 de Outubro de 2008, Michael Shiloh escribió: > > I will look at it, and post the results. > > Anxiously awaiting your measurements. > > If there is no 4.7K resistor, I'd move this discussion to the kernel > list. We should not be charging at 1A if we do not see this resistor. ID pin

Re: car charger

2008-10-11 Thread Michael Shiloh
s. I've flashed the kernel since my previous > post in this thread, currently uname -a shows "Linux iota.newkirk.us 2.6.24 > #1 PREEMPT Fri Sep 26 14:13:25 EST 2008 armv4tl unknown". After shutting > down and restarting: > > with nothing connected, I get: >

Re: car charger

2008-10-11 Thread Joel Newkirk
de: play-only charger_type: charger 1A mode 1A Connected to PC: chgmode: fast charger_type: charger 1A mode 500mA Connected to included wall charger: chgmode: fast charger_type: charger 1A mode 1A Connected to cheapo car lighter-to-USB adapter: chgmode: fast charger_type: charger 1A mode 1A (of course since the car charger provides 1000mA this is what I want it to do, but I realize it shouldn't be doing it without intervention) j ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: car charger

2008-10-11 Thread Michael Shiloh
Joel Newkirk wrote: > On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:05:09 -0700, Michael Shiloh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> David Garabana Barro wrote: >>> On Friday 10 October 2008 12:50:57 Cédric Berger wrote: Ok, thanks... Would be interesting if by chance you could check between the ID pin and grou

Re: car charger

2008-10-10 Thread Joel Newkirk
On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:01:47 +1300, "Robin Paulson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/10/10 Joel Newkirk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Just wanted to post that I received >> http://www.cross-mark.com/charger-adapter-black-1000mah-p-962.html in > the >> mail today. The FreeRunner automatically kicks into

Re: car charger

2008-10-10 Thread Joel Newkirk
On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:05:09 -0700, Michael Shiloh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David Garabana Barro wrote: >> On Friday 10 October 2008 12:50:57 Cédric Berger wrote: >>> Ok, thanks... >>> Would be interesting if by chance you could check between the ID pin >>> and ground if you have a resistance c

Re: car charger

2008-10-10 Thread Joel Newkirk
On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:22:39 +0200, Michele Renda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can you tell to me how do you find out the charge rate? > > Thank you > Michele Renda One easy way: cat /sys/devices/platform/s3c2440-i2c/i2c-adapter/i2c-0/0-0073/chgmode j > Joel Newkirk wrote: >> Just wanted to po

Re: car charger

2008-10-10 Thread Michael Shiloh
David Garabana Barro wrote: > On Friday 10 October 2008 12:50:57 Cédric Berger wrote: >> Ok, thanks... >> Would be interesting if by chance you could check between the ID pin >> and ground if you have a resistance close to 4.7Kohm ...? > > I will look at it, and post the results. Anxiously awaiti

Re: car charger

2008-10-10 Thread David Garabana Barro
On Friday 10 October 2008 12:50:57 Cédric Berger wrote: > Ok, thanks... > Would be interesting if by chance you could check between the ID pin > and ground if you have a resistance close to 4.7Kohm ...? I will look at it, and post the results. ___ Open

Re: car charger

2008-10-10 Thread Cédric Berger
On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 11:43, David Garabana Barro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No, no... > I only use that script to see current charge mode: > > fast_charge_gta02.sh status > > I can assure you that Neo puts itself into 1A charge mode when plugged to > tomtom ca

Re: car charger

2008-10-10 Thread David Garabana Barro
uts itself into 1A charge mode when plugged to tomtom car charger. I have never forced charge mode... it scares me ;) ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: car charger

2008-10-10 Thread Cédric Berger
On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 11:03, David Garabana Barro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 10 October 2008 10:22:39 Michele Renda wrote: >> Can you tell to me how do you find out the charge rate? >> > I use this one: > http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Forcing_fast_charge_mode#Beni.27s_fast_charge_gta0

Re: car charger

2008-10-10 Thread David Garabana Barro
On Friday 10 October 2008 10:22:39 Michele Renda wrote: > Can you tell to me how do you find out the charge rate? > I use this one: http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Forcing_fast_charge_mode#Beni.27s_fast_charge_gta02.sh ___ Openmoko community mailing list c

Re: car charger

2008-10-10 Thread David Garabana Barro
On Friday 10 October 2008 09:43:49 Cédric Berger wrote: > On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 07:25, Joel Newkirk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just wanted to post that I received > > http://www.cross-mark.com/charger-adapter-black-1000mah-p-962.html in the > > mail today. The FreeRunner automatically kicks

Re: car charger

2008-10-10 Thread Michele Renda
Can you tell to me how do you find out the charge rate? Thank you Michele Renda Joel Newkirk wrote: > Just wanted to post that I received > http://www.cross-mark.com/charger-adapter-black-1000mah-p-962.html in the > mail today. The FreeRunner automatically kicks into 1000ma charge mode. > :) B

Re: car charger

2008-10-10 Thread Cédric Berger
On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 07:25, Joel Newkirk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just wanted to post that I received > http://www.cross-mark.com/charger-adapter-black-1000mah-p-962.html in the > mail today. The FreeRunner automatically kicks into 1000ma charge mode. Automatically 1A? Isn't it only possib

Re: car charger

2008-10-10 Thread Robin Paulson
2008/10/10 Joel Newkirk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Just wanted to post that I received > http://www.cross-mark.com/charger-adapter-black-1000mah-p-962.html in the > mail today. The FreeRunner automatically kicks into 1000ma charge mode. > :) Best $3.00 (delivered) I've spent in a while. $3? bloody h

car charger

2008-10-09 Thread Joel Newkirk
Just wanted to post that I received http://www.cross-mark.com/charger-adapter-black-1000mah-p-962.html in the mail today. The FreeRunner automatically kicks into 1000ma charge mode. :) Best $3.00 (delivered) I've spent in a while. j ___ Openmoko co

Re: Car charger to GTA02

2008-08-10 Thread C R McClenaghan
Although not measured, I've confirmed that the iGo systems - Juice and car charger - with the A32 tip will charge the Neo Freerunner. At one point it stopped working, but either of a uboot or kernel change has it working again. On Aug 10, 2008, at 8:19 AM, Olivier Berger wrote: >

Re: Car charger to GTA02

2008-08-10 Thread Olivier Berger
e with photos (as example) of a reworked > charger (I figure that some opnemoko developers have already done that :P). > Guys, I guess http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/USB_charger may be the right place to add contents to. Btw, I've described a car charger of mine there. Regards,

Re: Car charger to GTA02

2008-08-08 Thread Joerg Reisenweber
Am Fr 8. August 2008 schrieb Michael: > On 11/07/08 00:00:51, Marco Trevisan (Treviño) wrote: > > > I'm pretty sure the neo1973 cant charge with more than 500mA due to > > > the hardware, nothing in software will fix that, I think the post > > you > > > quoted was about the freerunner. > > > > I

Re: Car charger to GTA02

2008-08-08 Thread Michael
On 11/07/08 00:00:51, Marco Trevisan (Treviño) wrote: > > I'm pretty sure the neo1973 cant charge with more than 500mA due to > > the hardware, nothing in software will fix that, I think the post > you > > quoted was about the freerunner. > > I read months ago that it should be able to charge at 1

RE: Car charger to GTA02

2008-07-21 Thread steve
I'll have to check. I used the same tip with my old razr -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of C R McClenaghan Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 5:00 PM To: List for Openmoko community discussion Subject: Re: Car charger to GTA02 Steve, I

Re: Car charger to GTA02

2008-07-20 Thread C R McClenaghan
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of C R > McClenaghan > Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 8:44 PM > To: List for Openmoko community discussion > Cc: Brenda Wang > Subject: Re: Car charger to GTA02 > > A general question related to car charging. I have an iGo charger >

RE: Car charger to GTA02

2008-07-13 Thread steve
: Re: Car charger to GTA02 A general question related to car charging. I have an iGo charger and many tips. One is a mini-usb tip. It seems to be charging my Neo okay. Is there an reason I shouldn't use this device? There is also an iGo car charger that accepts the same tips. I'm not

Re: Car charger to GTA02

2008-07-12 Thread Al Johnson
On Saturday 12 July 2008, Marco Trevisan (Treviño) wrote: > steve wrote: > > Magic 47 ohm resistor will get you 1A. its on the wiki somewhere. > > Thanks... Should be that on the ID pin? Should be 47k ohm from ID pin to ground. Description is on: http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Neo_FreeRunner_GTA0

Re: Car charger to GTA02

2008-07-11 Thread Marco Trevisan (Treviño)
steve wrote: > Magic 47 ohm resistor will get you 1A. its on the wiki somewhere. Thanks... Should be that on the ID pin? > We need a better search on the wiki Maybe also a small article with photos (as example) of a reworked charger (I figure that some opnemoko developers have already done that

Re: Car charger to GTA02

2008-07-11 Thread C R McClenaghan
A general question related to car charging. I have an iGo charger and many tips. One is a mini-usb tip. It seems to be charging my Neo okay. Is there an reason I shouldn't use this device? There is also an iGo car charger that accepts the same tips. I'm not trying to push the

RE: Car charger to GTA02

2008-07-11 Thread steve
enmoko.org Subject: Re: Car charger to GTA02 Andy Selby ha scritto: >> How do you enable 1A charging via software? The "echo 'fast_cccv' > >> etc.." only seems to give me 500ma. Is there a sysfs interface to >> this, or does it have to be done by the kernel

Re: Car charger to GTA02

2008-07-10 Thread Marco Trevisan (Treviño)
Andy Selby ha scritto: >> How do you enable 1A charging via software? The "echo 'fast_cccv' > >> etc.." only seems to give me 500ma. Is there a sysfs interface to this, >> or does it have to be done by the kernel? This is for the Neo 1973 by >> the way. > > I'm pretty sure the neo1973 cant charge

Re: Car charger to GTA02

2008-07-10 Thread Andy Selby
> How do you enable 1A charging via software? The "echo 'fast_cccv' > > etc.." only seems to give me 500ma. Is there a sysfs interface to this, > or does it have to be done by the kernel? This is for the Neo 1973 by > the way. I'm pretty sure the neo1973 cant charge with more than 500mA due to the

Re: Car charger to GTA02

2008-07-08 Thread Michael
On 04/07/08 20:38:02, Michael Shiloh wrote: > > Depends what you're going to do with it. If you use a Y cable to > charge the > > phone while powering another USB device you may need 1.5A. > > > Recognize also that you'll have to either add the ID resistor > yourself, > or manually enable 1A ch

Re: Car charger to GTA02

2008-07-06 Thread Michael Shiloh
Al Johnson wrote: > On Sunday 06 July 2008, Joerg Reisenweber wrote: >> Am Sa 5. Juli 2008 schrieb Marco Trevisan (Treviño): >>> btw has ever written the >>> howto (we was talking about some months ago) for adding an ID resistor >>> to a standard USB charger? >> Too many different usb-connectors

Re: Car charger to GTA02

2008-07-06 Thread Al Johnson
On Sunday 06 July 2008, Joerg Reisenweber wrote: > Am Sa 5. Juli 2008 schrieb Marco Trevisan (Treviño): > > btw has ever written the > > howto (we was talking about some months ago) for adding an ID resistor > > to a standard USB charger? > > Too many different usb-connectors out there, most of th

Re: Car charger to GTA02

2008-07-06 Thread Joerg Reisenweber
Am Sa 5. Juli 2008 schrieb Marco Trevisan (Treviño): > btw has ever written the > howto (we was talking about some months ago) for adding an ID resistor > to a standard USB charger? Too many different usb-connectors out there, most of them molded and break when you open. So any howto very unli

Re: Car charger to GTA02

2008-07-04 Thread Marco Trevisan (Treviño)
Michael Shiloh wrote: > Al Johnson wrote: >> On Friday 04 July 2008, Alexander Frøyseth wrote: >>> Marco Trevisan (Treviño) skrev: I'd like to buy one. Is this [1] good to get the full-charging speed with the Freerunner? Thanks! [1] http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll

RE: Car charger to GTA02

2008-07-04 Thread steve
make a compilation of this stuff and wikify accordingly -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of "Marco Trevisan (Treviño)" Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 7:09 PM To: community@lists.openmoko.org Subject: Re: Car charger to GTA02 I

Re: Car charger to GTA02

2008-07-04 Thread Michael Shiloh
Al Johnson wrote: > On Friday 04 July 2008, Alexander Frøyseth wrote: >> Marco Trevisan (Treviño) skrev: >>> I'd like to buy one. Is this [1] good to get the full-charging speed >>> with the Freerunner? >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> [1] http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360065251941 >>

Re: Car charger to GTA02

2008-07-04 Thread Al Johnson
On Friday 04 July 2008, Alexander Frøyseth wrote: > Marco Trevisan (Treviño) skrev: > > I'd like to buy one. Is this [1] good to get the full-charging speed > > with the Freerunner? > > > > Thanks! > > > > [1] http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360065251941 > > Yes it is :) > You on

Re: Car charger to GTA02

2008-07-03 Thread Alexander Frøyseth
Marco Trevisan (Treviño) skrev: > I'd like to buy one. Is this [1] good to get the full-charging speed > with the Freerunner? > > Thanks! > > [1] http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360065251941 > > Yes it is :) You only needs 1 Amp, this have 2 Amps

Re: Car charger to GTA02

2008-07-03 Thread Marco Trevisan (Treviño)
I'd like to buy one. Is this [1] good to get the full-charging speed with the Freerunner? Thanks! [1] http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360065251941 -- Treviño's World - Life and Linux http://www.3v1n0.net/ ___ Openmoko community m

Re: Car charger to GTA02

2008-04-02 Thread joerg
Am Mi 2. April 2008 schrieb Michael Shiloh: > > Marco Trevisan (Treviño) wrote: > > Michael Shiloh ha scritto: > >> A generic solution can be built this way: > >> > >> 1. Locate a generic USB car charger e.g. > >> http://www.daydeal.com/product.ph

Re: Car charger to GTA02

2008-04-02 Thread Alexander Frøyseth
Anyway, I am going to try this out, but I do not have a Neo for the moment, soo if anyone can confirm the works I lay out. Michael Shiloh skrev: Andy Powell wrote: On Tuesday 01 April 2008 17:01, Michael Shiloh wrote: By the way, if someone nicely documents step 3, including the resistor

Re: Car charger to GTA02

2008-04-02 Thread Michael Shiloh
Marco Trevisan (Treviño) wrote: Michael Shiloh ha scritto: A generic solution can be built this way: 1. Locate a generic USB car charger e.g. http://www.daydeal.com/product.php?productid=10892. Make sure it can supply at least 1A. Note in my example that the specs don't say this, b

Re: Car charger to GTA02

2008-04-02 Thread Michael Shiloh
Andy Powell wrote: On Tuesday 01 April 2008 17:01, Michael Shiloh wrote: By the way, if someone nicely documents step 3, including the resistor value, and how to identify which wires go to which pins, with excellent drawings or photographs, I'll nominate that for a "developer of the week" aw

Re: Car charger to GTA02

2008-04-02 Thread Steven Milburn
a mini-USB to min-USB cable will only have 4 wires. The ID pin is tied to ground at one end of the cable, and left floating at the other. The ID pins at the two ends of the cables to not connect. --Steve On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 6:48 AM, Andy Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SI

Re: Car charger to GTA02

2008-04-02 Thread Andy Green
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Somebody in the thread at some point said: |> Annoyingly enough this will be the hard bit because the fifth ID pin is |> typically not connected to any wire in the cable. | | Good point. Are you aware of any cable that does bring out this pin? The t

Re: Car charger to GTA02

2008-04-02 Thread Andy Powell
On Tuesday 01 April 2008 17:01, Michael Shiloh wrote: > By the way, if someone nicely documents step 3, including the resistor > value, and how to identify which wires go to which pins, with excellent > drawings or photographs, I'll nominate that for a "developer of the > week" award :-) I thoug

Re: Car charger to GTA02

2008-04-02 Thread Andy Green
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Somebody in the thread at some point said: | If you want fast charge (1A) you can either : | - Use the special cable that have the resistor, that provides GTA0x a | way to recognize the charger | - Use the applet somebody wrote to force fast charge m

Re: Car charger to GTA02

2008-04-02 Thread Philippe Guillebert
Alexander Frøyseth wrote: It have to be mod sinse a pc usb uses 5V and a car 12V Hi, Correct me if I'm wrong, but the voltage adaptation is the purpose of the car USB adapter. With a normal cable, I understood that it would charge at 100mA (default USB "polite" current draw). Since these

Re: Car charger to GTA02

2008-04-01 Thread Alexander Frøyseth
It have to be mod sinse a pc usb uses 5V and a car 12V Perhaps the is other resons to Alexander Frøyseth 2008/4/2, "Marco Trevisan (Treviño)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Michael Shiloh ha scritto: > > A generic solution can be built this way: > > > > 1. Locate a

Re: Car charger to GTA02

2008-04-01 Thread Marco Trevisan (Treviño)
Michael Shiloh ha scritto: A generic solution can be built this way: 1. Locate a generic USB car charger e.g. http://www.daydeal.com/product.php?productid=10892. Make sure it can supply at least 1A. Note in my example that the specs don't say this, but if you look at the picture care

Re: Car charger to GTA02

2008-04-01 Thread Alexander Frøyseth
I can take a look and draw some plans, perhaps even a PCB plan. But I have to wait to I am back at school in 2 about weeks Alexander Frøyseth Andy Green skrev: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Somebody in the thread at some point said: | 3. Carefully slice open the cable and sold

Re: Car charger to GTA02

2008-04-01 Thread Michael Shiloh
Andy Green wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Somebody in the thread at some point said: | 3. Carefully slice open the cable and solder in the appropriate resistor | between the appropriate conductors (someone needs to document this) Annoyingly enough this will be the hard

Re: Car charger to GTA02

2008-04-01 Thread Andy Green
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Somebody in the thread at some point said: | 3. Carefully slice open the cable and solder in the appropriate resistor | between the appropriate conductors (someone needs to document this) Annoyingly enough this will be the hard bit because the fifth

Re: Car charger to GTA02

2008-04-01 Thread Johann Koenig
On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 7:35 AM, Alexander Frøyseth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hmm > Perhaps I will make one, and offcorse share the plans. > I do not have a Neo, but if someone dares to try it on theirs and it works, > I will be a verry happy man. > > Starting the research now, anyone that

Re: Car charger to GTA02

2008-04-01 Thread Michael Shiloh
A generic solution can be built this way: 1. Locate a generic USB car charger e.g. http://www.daydeal.com/product.php?productid=10892. Make sure it can supply at least 1A. Note in my example that the specs don't say this, but if you look at the picture carefully you can read the 1A o

Re: Car charger to GTA02

2008-04-01 Thread Alexander Frøyseth
Dummann skrev: I don't know, if there will be a "official" Car Charger, but if not you might use something like this[1] [1] http://tiny.cc/IJMHm 2008/4/1, Alexander Frøyseth <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>: Hey. Is it any plans about a car charger t

Re: Car charger to GTA02

2008-04-01 Thread Kolja Dummann
I don't know, if there will be a "official" Car Charger, but if not you might use something like this[1] [1] http://tiny.cc/IJMHm 2008/4/1, Alexander Frøyseth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hey. > Is it any plans about a car charger to FreeRunner? > And if it is, what

Car charger to GTA02

2008-04-01 Thread Alexander Frøyseth
Hey. Is it any plans about a car charger to FreeRunner? And if it is, what are the status? If not this is something i can need. Alexander Frøyseth ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman