Hows it going everyone, I am Shane Corbin. I am one of the lucky contestants, and I am very excited to to begin. I am planning on integrating the BQ Tesla wireless power devices, along with a few TI goodies, into a robot that my 7yr old s...
I wanted to show everyone how small this chip is. This chip is a little smaller than the size of three 0605 chips length. To be exact is it 4.65mm x 3.65mm. A 0605 resistor size is 1.6mm x 0.8mm usually. This is a very small chip and it is very ...
Today's Post is about Reverse Engineering. This is one of the first things I try to do before starting any project is to purchase a competitors product or find a similar product and then take it apart. This approach is obviously used world wide...
I would like to post a easier way to see your PCB in 3D... Head over to http://mayhewlabs.com/webGerber/ and drop the gerber files into the webpage. DONE! This is a very easy way to see what your board looks like in 3D before you send it to...
Some Real World testing!To expedite development I acquired a 3.7V Lithium ION battery based USB charging system.It has the following characteristics;Input power: 5V @ 500mA maxOutput power: 5V @ 800mA maxThis is fed with the power from the bq51013AEV...
DC-DC conversion.The bq51013AEVM-765 Receiver pumps out 5 volts at a maximum of 1 ampere. In other words, a maximum of 5 watts of power.This is ideal for USB power substitution and for powering "vintage" digital logic based logic devices that have a ...
Well, I don't know quite where to start, so I'll just take a deep breath and start rattling; maybe some structure will emerge!Events so farI first received a license file from CadSoft, so now I'm running Eagle 6.3 on my (Linux) machine. I had a bit o...
EAGLE - Now in 3DWhilst working on my own EAGLE Tutorial I decided to try out the 3D modelling.I followed the instructions on EAGLE UP! as per http://eagleup.wordpress.com/installation-and-setup/and the installation paths to suit EAGLE 6v3 and update...
Hello World, Here is my latest creation! I have created a demo board to play with that will be an odd Purple PCB Color! I plan on using this color for all of my designs because everyone always gets to see Green, Red, White, Black and Blue P...
This video is a Transmitter Power Distance Test. I wanted to perform a simple test to see approximately how far away the Evaluation Kit will produce power.
I lift the receiver off of the transmitter board until no power is transmitted.
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Hello, This is a video of how to transmit power with the Wireless Power Evaluation Kit with some simple testing as well. Enjoy! players.brightcove.net/.../index.html
A new EAGLE has landedWhen I launched EAGLE this morning it told me that my version was not up to date and that an update to Version 6.3 available.So I have subsequently downloaded and installed it. From my past and limited experience with EAGLE...
Hello, Here are the simplified BRD Pictures of the Receiver Evaluation Board bq51013AEVM-765. I took most of the layers away so we can just see the traces and pads easier.I plan on making this board or the receiver board a lot smaller than the c...
A Fantastic Reference Book!I attended the Electronex Conference in Sydney about a month ago and whilst there visited the Würth Electronik stand where I saw a selection of their products and this fascinating reference book on display.The book was so g...
Hello, Here are the simplified BRD Pictures of the Transmitter Evaluation Board bq500210EVM-689. I took all layers away so we can see just the traces and pads easier.I plan on making this board or the receiver board a lot smaller than the curren...
Hello Everyone! In the process of waiting for the Evaluation Module to show up to my doorstep, I have drawn up a simplified schematic, to help everyone find the Input/Output, Jumpers/Switches, and Test Point connections with ease! I have al...
Hello Everyone, I cannot even sit down with the anticipation of the the Wireless Power Evaluation Kit arriving today at my doorstep! I will not dissapoint all of you and I will have HD videos posted later today! I have many ideas but once I test...
External Adapter PowerThe bq receiver is designed for an adapter input. This means in addition to being powered wirelessly there is an option to connected an alternate power source.This could be USB power since it too is 5 volts.The amount of power a...
Hello!I'm very excited to start testing and designing with the Qi power transfer system. My plan is to implement some LEGO playing sets (Power Functions, NXT?) with the Qi system. Challenges include miniaturizing the receiving part, trying to make a ...
Hi All,Many thanks to Texas Instruments and Element 14 for inviting me to participate in this challenge. I hope I will not disappoint.I've always been excited about wireless power and efficient ways to do it. I been busily swotting up on this s...
