Can this be ordered as a complete item, build kit, or…just a board, and we buy the parts separately from digikey/mouser/ebay? Will a housing/cover be part of the get-up, or is the board just left exposed?
I am amazed at the talent an ingenuity of BLF members. Nicely done, WH!
So far just board, I put BOM on OSHPark page and here for DIYers, but I am sure RMM might pick em up and sell em, I did it creative commons license no commercial, but put BLF on it because it’s “ours”
No cover as of yet. Need to get one for meaurements then try to figure out printable case
Maybe this is related to the ideas in this thread. I just noticed that my iPad will not charge at the 2A rate when a Charger Doctor is inserted in it’s path. Charges at a maximum of 1A. Would there be an easy mod for this or a whole new design?
I have ordered a couple of other “Charger Doctor” type devices to see if they will allow a 2A pass thru.
If the charge doctor passes data thru it, then the iPad is charging from the signature coming from the device it’s plugged in, if not the charge doctor might have the data pins shorted…that is the one signature that should charge at a max of 1A on most devices but won’t ever charge more than that.
You can actually take a regular “data” USB cable, open it up, then short the D+ and D- wires (the green and white wires inside the cable) going to the connector that plugs into the devices needing charging (usually the USB micro male plug) it will charge at up to 1A and NOT ever pass data [It becomes a dedicated charging cable]
My module I made, and the IC on it will send the iPad signature back (it has 6 different charge signatures it can send out) to the device and as long as the charging port it’s plugged into can deliver 2A or more, the device will charge at that (with losses thru the cables of course) [the chip autoranges and will change because it senses the input voltage, if it sags because the charging device pulls to much, it will change to a little slower rate until the input voltage comes back up to within tolerances of the approx 5vdc charge level]