[ale] [OT] USB Charger

[Jim Kinney]

I have several older power supplies with high amp 5V lines at the
giveaway Saturday

add a connector...

just sayin...

:-)

On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 2:57 PM, Chris Fowler
<cfowler at outpostsentinel.com> wrote:
> Crap.  There is one downside to my last idea.  iPhone and iTouch.  I
> need 27k and 15k resistors on the D+ and D- lines to get the iTouch to
> charge.
>
> I know this because I bought a USB DC-DC converter off eBay from China.
> It is a PCB that is built.  I added those resistors on the D+ and D-
> lines and charged my iTouch.  I was using 3 AA's to charge iTouch.  I
> plugged the mifi in there.  I killed the booster....  Parts of it
> melted.
>
>
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James P. Kinney III

As long as the general population is passive, apathetic, diverted to
consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do as
they please, and those who survive will be left to contemplate the
outcome.
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