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Author Topic: More Efficient Way of Charging the Tablet on the Go  (Read 2369 times)

jcclow

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More Efficient Way of Charging the Tablet on the Go
« on: November 20, 2011, 05:47:26 AM »
Hello All.

So I'm trying to design a portable charger for the tablet that can be used on the car/jet/bus, while traveling or anywhere that power isn't readily available. Basically, it's going to be a high mAh lipo battery that can be charged either thru USB, a DC wall wart or the attached solar panel, mounted in a convenient small case. When your battery in the TPT starts getting low, simply plug the TPT into the little battery pack and you're good to go.

While cruising the Lenovo site I came across the following specs for how long it takes to charge the TPT battery based on the charger used. I'm thinking if I up the charger output voltage and amperage to be closer to the 65W AC Adapter, it could dramatically lessen the charge time. Now obviously I won't be able to up the voltage coming from the battery or the solar panel, but plugged in with a wall wart shouldn't be a problem. Does that line of thought make sense or am I way off the mark and heading towards a fried TPT?


zeb crs

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Re: More Efficient Way of Charging the Tablet on the Go
« Reply #1 on: November 20, 2011, 07:10:48 AM »
You should read here,   http://rootzwiki.com/topic/8523-reverse-engineering-the-dock-charger/
The connector is a bit expensive and I haven't bothered lookng elsewhere for it.
The 3.3 volt LDO can be anyone it is just to drive the inverter and give a 3.3 reference so the the TPT can pull it down and start charging.
The inverters only demand is to work at 3.3 volts.
I chose an intelligent fet as they are easy to use and are protected in all possible ways (almost) :-)
The fet only works as a switch here. There is no pwm going on. And it switches positive side so using a P-channel fet would need some more components round it.

The build can be done using normal through hole components as well. I chose smd as I work with those all day and have the equipment.
The PSU just needs to output around 20 volts. Mine gives 19,5 volts and comes from an old Dell laptop.
If You wan't You can add an usb cable as well so You don't need to use the micro usb as well.

To charge on the road I bought a car adapter for my mini laptop and uses it to charge the TPT too.
I will build the chrager parts into one of those too instead of having a little box in the middle of the cable.
« Last Edit: November 20, 2011, 07:13:35 AM by zeb crs »

jcclow

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Re: More Efficient Way of Charging the Tablet on the Go
« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2011, 08:43:23 PM »
Wow, good post! I wish had disposable income to be able to disassemble all my new toys...or the skills to reassemble them once they've been hacked  ;)

I'm waiting on the company I want to purchase from to get a new shipment of the battery charger boards. If this works, I'll post details.

zeb crs

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Re: More Efficient Way of Charging the Tablet on the Go
« Reply #3 on: November 28, 2011, 07:54:43 PM »
I've been working with reverse engineering for a lot of years and with prototyping.
Started with hacking and hardware stuff on the C64 and Amiga scene.
This is a real "budget" hack until now. I hope too get my hands on a broken tpt to explore other boot options as I really do not wanna break this apart.
But someday I might get tired of waiting for a root hack .....

Just have to alliance up with some more of these here in Oslo, Norway and maybe we can get the ball running.

 




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