Thread: Another way to charge the PE??
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Old 07-07-2011, 05:42 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by emusan View Post
5volts will not charge it, I don't know if it would do anything really bad, but it probably wouldn't be great. There are ways to step up the 5V supplied by USB(using an inductor and some smaller components), but you would have to be sure that you knew what you were doing lol...
How true, the worst it would do is burn out the USB port on the computer and/or destroy the charging circuit on the PE.

The simple way, for someone handy with a soldering iron is to get an ADP1111AR12 DC to DC converter chip, 2 capacitors, a diode and an inductor. Put them together with a USB plug, a lead and a 3.5 mm OD x 1.2 mm ID plug.

Or in turn they could go out and buy a USB to 12 v charger with changeable tips.
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