Circuit Board Wizardry

 

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Hey, I know we haven’t updated in a long while… that’s because there are way too many complications… Just to list a few, we had to do a ton of research regarding:

– the parts required

– Phones will reject unregulated electricity flow, unlike shakable flashlights

– electricity regulation (iPhones have internal regulation that either accepts or doesn’t accept a source… so can anyone explain what voltage we need for iPhones?  So far, based on a TON of research, we think it accepts voltages up to 5v, but only draws around 1.2amps from it… Help?)

– Step-ups (because electricity through induction doesn’t really create that large of a charge,)

– Changes in design: we have modified it to a usb port charger, not a phone case (size issues)

– A lack of knowledge with electricity flow, circuit boards, and how to connect everything on the breadboard (for prototyping)

– Coiling and sealing the tubes

 

So an interactive open letter to the world:  Please help us understand and how to lay out the parts on a circuit/bread board.

Getting Started

Okay, titles, hate doing titles.  Anyways, we have a idea of the final product and the function of this case inspired by Tesla and Faraday.  However, we need certain materials that we can’t find at local stores (that we know of).  So to somehow find what we need and get peer information and advice, Alexa and I have decided to reach out to social media with a list and hopefully someone can comment and give us insights.  🙂  Thanks!

The Beginning of the Idea.

Our names are Alexa and Vicki.  Our idea is a self-charging phone integrating the Faraday coil and the laws of friction to energy.  When someone walks, puts their phones in their pockets, etc. , the motion to use Faraday’s law of induction. Our side idea is to use endothermic energy as a side source.  With our side idea, someone can just use the heat from their hands (while they’re using the phone) or their gluteus maximus (when it is in their back pockets) to generate electricity.  The problem with this side idea is that thermoelectric energy is not commonly used, so smaller, portable parts are harder to find.

By: Vicki and Alexa