{"id":9281,"date":"2006-10-29T23:06:13","date_gmt":"2006-10-29T23:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/streettech.dreamhosters.com\/?p=9281"},"modified":"2006-10-29T23:06:13","modified_gmt":"2006-10-29T23:06:13","slug":"how-to-build-a-backpack-ipod-solar-charger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/?p=9281","title":{"rendered":"How-To: Build a Backpack iPod Solar Charger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" src=\"https:\/\/streettech.com\/storypics\/solarCharger.jpg\"><a href=\"http:\/\/yosemiteoutside.com\/m\/Blogs\/02EA4A6B-8893-4F3E-87A8-C1E4B24C3AAB.html\" target=\"new\">Here&#8217;s<\/a> a set of simple instructions for building a portable device recharger using the awesome <a href=\"http:\/\/store.sundancesolar.com\/powulflexthi.html\" target=\"new\">PowerFlim<\/a>, flexible solar panels. You can build the project for around US$30 and it involves little more than the panel (@ 6v. 100mA), a 5V voltage regulator, and a USB connector. He calls it an iPod charger, but it could obviously be used with other similar devices. I like how he lists &#8220;Exceptionally Good Coffee&#8221; as one of the Bill of Materials. Personally, I&#8217;ve found that electronics work and coffee don&#8217;t mix very well (i.e. jittery hands wielding a soldering iron), but YMMV. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.digg.com\/submit\" target=\"new\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/digg.com\/img\/badges\/91x17-digg-button-alt.gif\" width=\"91\" height=\"17\" alt=\"Digg!\"\/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p> [Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hackaday.com\" target=\"new\">hackAday<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a set of simple instructions for building a portable device recharger using the awesome PowerFlim, flexible solar panels. You can build the project for around US$30 and it involves little more than the panel (@ 6v. 100mA), a 5V voltage regulator, and a USB connector. He calls it an iPod charger, but it could &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/streettech.com\/?p=9281\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How-To: Build a Backpack iPod Solar Charger&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9281\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}