Ipod charger I made. 56k warning.
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Hehe, I got bored, and my friend is driving to texas this week. He didnt want his ipod to die on the trip, but had no way to charge it. So whalla, I made this. I know its been done before, but hey, I thought Id share.
its a 9v wired to a 7805, and has two usb ports wired in parallel. This is the first Ive made, I plan on making more and improving them.
Im also going to add a heatsink to 7805, I think.
And by the way, my N64 is going good, I just took a break for a week or two.
its a 9v wired to a 7805, and has two usb ports wired in parallel. This is the first Ive made, I plan on making more and improving them.
Im also going to add a heatsink to 7805, I think.
And by the way, my N64 is going good, I just took a break for a week or two.
Another Minty Charger, huh. Looks nice, just why two USB? You planning to charge two iPods at the same time?
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If you want to just build something like it Lady Ada has kits to her USB charger. The difference is that it's in a Altoids gum case and uses 2 AA rather then a 9v battery, oh and the kit is about $20Nick wrote:I want to make one of those! Where can I find instructions?
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Well according to what they say about the one thinkgeek sells, a singel 9v battery will add about 4 hours to the Video iPod's life if it's dead, about 8 hours if it's on a full charge. See here for more details.watermelon wrote:ive been thinking about making one of these for a while.
i have a 5g video ipod which i use a lot for watchging films while on journeys. i want to extend the battery by about 2 hours. how many, and what type do i need to achieve this?
I still think the Altoids gum tin that Lady Ada is better then the thinkgeek one.
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Yeah I'm going to make somthing similar to this for my portable DVD player, probably with two 6V lantern batteries in series to make 12V, only thing holding me back is the fact that the 12V DC jack on the player is a weird shape and I don't have any like it at the moment, other than the one it came with which i don't want to destroy, I'll try to find the right kind when I go to Rat-shack next.
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