A USB charger that is smaller & cheaper than Cottonpickers

Has anyone seen those yet?
https://tindie.com/shops/Rager/liponano-1/
They look really great (and price - $11 - is very good too), and leads are also detachable (so you can have few sets of wires - wired to a battery holder, wired to magnets, etc).
The only disadvantages I see is that you have to make your own leads, and that 100/500mA switch requires soldering, but otherwise itā€™s a pretty little charger!

Here are a couple photos:
Size comparison to a coin:

With removable leads:

With permanently soldered leads, ending with magnets:

Charging graph for used microcontroller (this example uses 100mA charging rate, though):

This is a good find, thanks for sharing.

Do you have any experience with the sales portal? (Tindie)

Whoa! That looks really cool. :smiley: Thanks for sharing.

Nope, not yet.
Iā€™ve placed an order on this charger, though, and Iā€™ll let you know how it goes - but I canā€™t you update you on how it goes until I receive it, which wonā€™t be earlier than 25th January, when Iā€™ll return from my 2-week long skiing trip to Switzerland.

They seem to have various unique and interesting electronic kits, thoughā€¦ For example, who knew there was such thing as lightning detector, which could detect a lightning 40 km away?!
https://tindie.com/shops/TAUTIC/as3935-lightning-sensor-board/

Thats a really nice tiny charger.

Itā€™s not preorder, I got mine already.

Looks big?

I bet it doesnā€™t now. :stuck_out_tongue:

So, what are your toughts on it now that you have it and hopefully used it? Is it worth it? Recommended?

Mine terminates at 4.19V.

Canā€™t comment any further as I havenā€™t used it much yet, but I have nothing to complain about.

Uses MCP73831T microchip. Really interesting charger :slight_smile:

That's what I said, but the checkout process indicates that it is. I got mine a few days ago, but I haven't even opened the package yet.

It didn't come with leads. It has a JST connector. Aside from male/female, are all JST connectors the same?

They should be.
At least all ones I have fit it nicely.

Saw this a while back, could well come in handy :slight_smile:

Just so you know, ā€œjstā€ is loosely used to describe connectors of various styles unfortunately.

Even among ā€œmini jstā€ types there are many.

The example above is for 3-pin servo connectors but the categories are the same for 2-pin. Thanks to sparkfun and the like, I believe jst-xh (2.5mm) has become common for charger types these days. Just confirm it with someone.

Nice find, I think that this connector will fit;

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-10PCS-2-pins-Connector-two-leads-Head-XH2-54-Wire-20CM-2P-cable-/400350583202?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5d36c119a2

The connector from Sparkfun fits. I think this charger should come with leads even if it increases the price slightly, especially since the seller/inventor cannot specify the connector.

@Changchungleds, I don't think that will work. That connector looks like it has two ribs on top, but the right connector only has one rib.