Solar altoids iphone ipod charger.
How to make a solar panel charger for ipod.
I love my iphone 4 to death.
Make a cheap easy solar usb charger with an altoids tin 3 emergency solar powered radio made with an altoids tin diy solar powered cockroach toy is a perfect kids project.
Simply connect the red usb cable wire to the 5v positive output from the lm317t and the black usb cable wire to the ground negative.
We ve already shown you mintyboost a battery powered usb charger built from an altoids tin.
Using a slightly larger solar cell 6v 250mah you can generate enough power to fully charge an iphone in about 5 5 hours and an ipod touch in 4 hours.
According the chart below the 5 volt output from the lm317t should be connected to pin 1 and the ground negative connected to pin 4.
I originally made my altoids usb charger to use with my iphone only.