• Qi Lime Pi Teaser

    Qi Lime Pi Teaser
    • https://players.brightcove.net/1362235890001/default_default/index.html?videoId=2017692498001
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  • Fun demo of Qi applications

    Demo of Qi technology
    • https://players.brightcove.net/1362235890001/default_default/index.html?videoId=2009209209001
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  • Qi AA charger explained

    Description of circuit designed for the RoadTest Challenge
    • https://players.brightcove.net/1362235890001/default_default/index.html?videoId=2004468857001
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  • Soldering the bq51013A

    Soldering the QFN-20 for element14 Wireless power road test
    • https://players.brightcove.net/1362235890001/default_default/index.html?videoId=1988231017001
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  • Qi LEGO test

    Test of Qi pick up in motion
    • https://players.brightcove.net/1362235890001/default_default/index.html?videoId=1960947034001
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  • beaglebone Qiki underpants

    beagle bone Qiki underpants testing
    • https://players.brightcove.net/1362235890001/default_default/index.html?videoId=1954921665001
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  • Cutting the Cord! (3Mbps)

    Cutting the Cord! - Devices tested thus far (3Mbps)
    • https://players.brightcove.net/1362235890001/default_default/index.html?videoId=1920308350001
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  • QiPi2 Battery Power Qi Raspberry Pi

    A Battery Powered Qi Charged Raspberry Pi
    • https://players.brightcove.net/1362235890001/default_default/index.html?videoId=1918055600001
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  • Qi Cube - MSP430 Qi Powered

    A 5x5x5 Qi Powered MSP430 Led Cube
    • https://players.brightcove.net/1362235890001/default_default/index.html?videoId=1917808767001
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  • Qi Power through Glass Door

    Qi Wireless Power through Glass Door
    • https://players.brightcove.net/1362235890001/default_default/index.html?videoId=1916939550001
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  • Qi Engergizer Pad

    Qi Energizer Pad
    • https://players.brightcove.net/1362235890001/default_default/index.html?videoId=1910991606001
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  • "How it Works" - WPC international standard for interoperable wireless charging

    How it works Total energy consumption Basic principle Efficiency Figure of merit Quality factor Coupling factor Reflected impedance Resonant coupling EMF limits - basic restrictions Maximum power transfer into space Shielding effectiveness Comparison…

  • RoadTestReceiver_edited.zip

    Eagle design files (schematic and board files) of my 6-AA charger design based on the bq51013A Qi receiver. A PDF of the schematic is also included in the zip.
    • RoadTestReceiver_edited.zip

  • We Have a Winner!

    Since the Wireless Power RoadTest Design Competition began, we have been deeply impressed by the efforts of our competitors to use this groundbreaking technology in their individual projects. We were delighted by vsluiter 's creation of wirelessly powered…

  • Ultrasmall Qi LED HACK

    As you saw in the previous post I still have some boards left; I decided to do a real 'hack' to show how small you can make a Qi receiver. I soldered a Qi receiver circuit, and dremeled off the rest of the board. REAL PCB Hacking! This setup worked, and…

  • It's Alive! Part 010

    Some Devices tested thus far Here's a rough video of some devices tested thus far; You don't have permission to edit metadata of this video. Edit media…

  • QiPi2 - Qi Battery Charged and Powered 512MB Raspberry Pi

    Hello World, Last Week I made a Wireless Power Raspberry Pi. I also made that night a Battery Powered and Qi Charged Raspberry Pi. I would like to show my test setup to see if it would work. This is by no means a good way to do this but I wanted to test…

  • Reverse Engineering 2 - Energizer Qi 2 Position Pad

    Hello World, I wanted to show you the design of the Energizer 2 Qi Position Pad. This is a very interesting design and I will be making a transmitter board similar to this with the TI and Wurth Components. Again, when designing a new technology or board…

  • It's Alive! Part 008 - QiKi (pronounced Cheeky!)

    Four Modes of power operation with Qi! I've been offline due to a my Cable Broadband provider having a rather lengthy system outage (2 days) and in that time I have noticed that Chad has beaten me to the mark publishing a Qi Powered Raspberry Pi. I was…

  • Qi Pi Beta Rev 1

    Hello World, I just wanted to clean up a little mess from the previous blog post. I was so excited, and still am, about the Qi Pi that I didn't have a chance to see how horrible it looked when I introduced it to the world! Here is a small change but a…

  • Raspberry Pi - Pi Qi - Qi Pi- Qiπ - A wireless powered Raspberry Pi 1080P HD VIDEO

    Hello World, I have effectively powered the Raspberry Pi by the means of Qi Technology. I would like to present the Pi Qi or the Qiπ (Not sure what I will call it yet...Qi Pi..Qiπ) I was sick and tired of all of the cables that had to go in the Raspberry…

  • Qi Copter - A Qi Lime Pi Slice Alternative

    Hello World, I wanted to show off another use of the Qi Lime Pi Slice that is about to be revealed. This Version of the Qi Lime Pi is so small that you can power can charge the battery of almost anything. I hooked it up to a iPhone Controlled Helicopter…

  • Design Idea; power limited source?

    Hello all, The design competition is over but I had promised to shed light on a fenomenon I had seen in my circuit. Although this is not really related to wireless electronics, it is related to power limited sources. Voltage and current limited boost…

  • Proof of concept and efficiency test

    Today I tested whether it was possible to charge a LEGO train from beneath the tracks. At least, I checked whether the receiver coil would be positioned correctly with reference to the transmitter coil. To see whether the power transfer was working I…

  • OFFICIAL QI LIME PI ENTRY IN PROGRESS...

    Hello World, I have Successfully made the Qi Lime Pi and it works perfectly! Here are some pictures and a teaser video to look at while I am updating this blog tonight! You don't have…