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We’ve all been there. You’ve cooked up some little microcontroller project, but you need to unhook it from your dev PC and go mobile. There’s just one problem — you …read more Continue reading A Simple Hack For Running Low-Power Gear From a USB Battery Pack
Recently, we’ve seen a lot of semi-portable power stations. These have some big rechargeable battery and various connection options. [Dereksgc] wanted to make his own and decided the perfect housing …read more Continue reading PC Case Makes Portable Power Supply
The Chargeworx 5,000mAh Ultra Slim Power Bank is also travel approved, so you can take it anywhere.
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Perhaps one day in the future when our portable electronics are powered by inexhaustible dilithium crystals, we’ll look back fondly on the 2020s when we carried around power banks to …read more Continue reading Supersized Power Bank Built From an EV Battery
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USB cables inevitably fail and sometimes one end is reincarnated to power our solderless breadboards. Of course, if the cable broke once, it is waiting to crap out again. Too …read more Continue reading USB Power Has Never Been Easier
Hackaday Prize 2021 entrant [Philip Ian Haasnoot] has been building a well-polished power bank. But this is no ordinary little power bank the like you would throw in your rucksack …read more Continue reading Rugged Solar Generator Packs a Punch
For devices that are destined for momentary and infrequent use as well as battery power, some kind of power saving is pretty much a required feature. For example, when [PJ …read more Continue reading USB Power Bank’s Auto-Off Becomes Useful Feature In Garage Door Remote
Building a Raspberry Pi laptop is not that uncommon. In fact, just a few clicks from any of the major electronics suppliers will have the parts needed for such a …read more Continue reading A Lot of Effort for a Pi Laptop
The wide availability and power density of 18650 lithium-ion cells have made them a good option for everything from electric cars to flashlights. [Theo] needed a new power source for his FPV drone goggles, so he designed his own power bank with a very compact charge controller.
While [Theo] could …read more
At one time or another, most of us have seen a gadget for sale and thought we could build something similar for cheaper. Of course, we’re almost always wrong. Not about being able to build it, mind you. But when you add up the cost of the materials, the tool …read more