Solar charger (was Re: News Openmoko Shop Pulster)

[David Reyes Samblas Martinez]

samples of V3 and V4, along dynamo hub and other items are coming to
Tuxbrain from Australia[1],
They are more expensive but after the China fiasco, I hope the quality
worth the effort.
More info when they arrive

[1]http://www.pedalpower.com.au/

2009/5/6 Daniel.Li <lida_mail at 163.com>:
> On Tue, 2009-05-05 at 23:33 +0100, George Brooke wrote:
>> On Tuesday 05 May 2009 13:19:53 Robin Paulson wrote:
>> > 2009/5/5 Christian Gagneraud <cgagneraud at techworks.ie>:
>> > > Yeah, why not! :) I never went to the deep jungle, but i like to make
>> > > trips in the wild, with just my bike and my tent, and the solar
>> > > charger is the only solution to keep my GPS up and running for several
>> > > days/weeks.
>> >
>> > or a hand-crank charger
>> >
>> > imo, this is a more reliable way of charging the battery - it'll work
>> > anywhere (in a building, underground, when it's raining), anytime
>> > (night) and is going to produce a bigger current than this size of
>> > solar panel
>> >
>> > does anyone know of any decent crank chargers that will output over usb?
>> Some wind-up torches can charge mobile phones, I've emailed one place to see
>> if they can tell me what power theirs can output but no reply yet.
>
> I think the theory might be the same.
>
> solar board charge internal battery, and then battery charge phone.
> crank output charge internal battery, and then battery charge phone.
>
> The question is how much mAh crank output and how much time it take to
> charge the internal battery. :)
>>
>> solar.george
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