Inside a $10 phone

Inside a $10 phone

Last week I bought a cheap china phone as my primary phone went to service center for 3 days. It's this: http://icellmobiles.com/product_detail.php?&getID=133 I got the phone for Rs.500 (~US$8.4) including…
USB li-ion charger built by Jamie

USB li-ion charger built by Jamie

Jamie Navarro built a USB li-ion charger on breadboard. Now he is working to get it fine tuned to accurate voltage levels. He scored a free PCB for this. Wish…
Failed Prototype: VAmeter v3

Failed Prototype: VAmeter v3

Just a few days ago the PCBs for VAmeter v3 came in. VAmeter is a simple board that connects to your existing power supply and shows the volatge, current, etc.…
Low voltage cutoff circuit for Inverters

Low voltage cutoff circuit for Inverters

Running inverters on battery drains the battery. This decreases the battery voltage. To regulate output voltage and to make it independent(upto a certain level) we use PWM based drivers like…
USB li-ion charger revision

USB li-ion charger revision

An year ago, I've shared a circuit of USB li-ion charger based on LM358opamp. The circuit had some problems as reported by commentators that inclide wrong direction of LEDs. Features:…
OSSDAS v1

OSSDAS v1

The PCBs for OSSDAS came yesterday by post from SeeedStudio. This is the completed board. Looks like old firmware was still in the microcontroller. The board just booted up after…