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The USB Charger of PCB Board From Wonderful PCB

Wonderful PCB with automated production and data networks -this is our forte. Specimen printed circuit board and mini-series in express service. Our overseas marketing office is located in Hong Kong mainly for overseas communications/contacts, engineering works handing orders and goods delivery/exports. Our company products widely used in communication medical, industrial control household appliances, etc; the products are mainly exported to Europe and America. Southeast Asia and Asia. This version also includes a low battery led which turns on when the input voltage is around 1.95V. At this voltage the batteries will soon drop out. The step-up converter can run down to 1.8V but usually when the two batteries are at this voltage there is not much energy left and they will soon drop even lower than 1.8V. Batteries with high internal resistance may come very close to 1.95V even when not empty, so make sure you use good quality rechargeable batteries with low internal resistance. Because the low battery output of the converter can only sink up to 100A (active low) I added a small P-channel mosey to be able to drive a LED from it. I also added a little switch that determines what's connected to the D+ and D- data pins on the USB connector. It switches between two common configurations for USB chargers. One is around 2.0V and 2.75V on D+ and D- respectively, which is what Apple's iPhone wall charger does (as well as the Belkin ones). An iPhone will charge at 1A with this configuration. See also the mysteries of Apple device charging by ladyada who figured it all out. The other setting connects D+ and D- with a 100 resistor. This is according to the USB battery charging specification, which requires a resistance of less than 200 between the data pins to indicate the USB port can be used for charging. In fact the standard states a maximum of 1.5A which is more than this charger can handle but most phones will use a current below 1A. An iPhone can also detect this setting, but will charge at 500mA instead. I built the charger for my iPhone, effectively having a switch between 1A and 0.5A charging current. That might not be the case on other phones but most phones will charge with at least one of the switches. I've tried it out on an Android phone and this also works, although I haven't measured the current (I believe it is around 700 or 800mA). All the parts from the resistors to the screws are from dig key, you can lookup the part list below. Total cost based on PCBs and parts for 5 pieces is around 20 per charger.

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