The Illuminated Beer Tapfeatured in the "Beyond the Phone" Wireless Charging Challenge lamp holderinternal explanation The tap is made from metal and features the product tube, as well as a cooling loop, and when in service is f...
Many thanks to everyone who participated. We were very impressed by the creativity and talent of our competitors throughout the course of the challenge, and this presented us with a happy dilemma in choosing a winner.
We believe that it has been defi...
I think now I can safely say that my first Element14 Road Test challenge is finally complete!! The stationary module reads a text file with the file name given by the unique code of the ID card and transmits relevant lecture details or deadlines...
eList The concept is the device sits on the charger and receives entries to the list using a wireless solution. Entries can be added or subtracted using a web server application, that formats and transmits the list contents to the eLIST.see the ...
Yesterday I did spend some time troubleshooting my transmitter design board. At first I checked all my power supply rails. Both the 3.3V and the 5.0V input rails have the right voltages. After that I checked the bq500212A pins for these voltages, and...
Well. It seems I have missed the deadline for project completion. Present state of the project:1) Soldering the circuit boards is complete2) Communication between all the Arduinos verified to be working individually. (Wireless communication, I2C...
Its now about 1:30 in the morning, so this post might be too late for the contest. But I finally finished my wireless charged snow groomer. After doing the final reworks and bodges on the PCB, I added the needed connectors and put everything together...
eList The concept is the device sits on the charger and receives entries to the list using a wireless solution. Entries can be added or subtracted using a web server application, that formats and transmits the list contents to the eLIST.see the ...
eList The concept is the device sits on the charger and receives entries to the list using a wireless solution. Entries can be added or subtracted using a web server application, that formats and transmits the list contents to the eLIST.see the ...
Thanks to the sponsors and all involved for their support. I am submitting this post for my final(ish) design. Due to some import issues with my country, some part did not come through and due to stock issues, some came a little late. I got my design...
When I made my original plan for this project, I not only looked at the snow groomer. I did choose it as target because it required the most complex solution (because of the 12V power it needed). But since there are much more toys in my kids room, an...
Time for another status update. Unfortunately the last few days can be summed as "it does not work" My plan for the last days was to populate one functional component after each other on the PCB, and verify that they work as intended. Sound...
Finally! My bq510212A ICs arrived! After sending emails to arrow, TI and Jotrin Electronics (a company that sells the chip at Alibaba) I decided to wait for the TI free samples, as they were supposed to arrive ten days after my last post. As usual, w...
I was hoping the contest end date would be extended since the parts I requested have still not completely arrived.As of now, my IOT Container is working, logging temperature and sending data happily over serial. I am taking the data and sending it ov...
(As usual, find the english version of this article on my personal blog. Feel free to comment here in English, though.)Da sich der Wettbewerb seinem Ende zuneigt, wird es Zeit den kompletten Schaltplan zu zeigen und näher zu erklären. Einzelne Teile ...
I actually wanted to finish a blog post explaining the full schematic today, but since my PCB arrived today I thought it might be time for another status update (so no German version again - I will leave them for the informational posts...).So what h...
Hi guys, We are really excited about the final phase of the Wireless Power Challenge now. If you are in need of additional receiver or transmitter coils, please don't hesitate to send Christian or me a quick note. We can fedex them to you ...
