Solar Bicycle Tracker Using Adafruit FONA
In this post, we show you how to build a solar-powered asset tracker for your bicycle or other important equipment using Adafruit FONA 808 and...
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Solar Charger Tutorial – Part 1
How do Solar Chargers work? A solar charger is a portable power system made up of a solar panel and an external battery pack. For Voltaic Systems,...
Make a Dynamo to Charge Your Phone
Voltaic System’s battery packs will take charge from solar panels, AC adapters, USB ports, even other battery packs. You can also charge them from kinetic power sources like hand-cranked or bike driven dynamos. Here’s how we did it.
Solar Time Lapse of Tuckerman’s Ravine
New Hampshire photographer Joe Klementovich recently borrowed our GoPro time lapse setup for a stint on Tuckerman's ravine. Here is a week of footage...
Seat-e Phone Charger Station
People in Boston have a new way to keep their phones charged. The seat-e doubles as a bench and a phone charging station. It also uses Voltaic's 3.4...
Mapping a 100 mile x 100 mile Solar Farm
Joseph DeLappe is starting a 460 mile bicycle ride through Nevada today. He'll be dragging home-made chalk behind him to draw a line around Nellis...
Solar Powered Lego Car
You know it is going to be a good day at work when you get a solar-powered Lego Car in the mail. The folks at Play-Well sent it to us after choosing...
iPhones and iPads USB Pin Voltages – Update for iPhone 5
We continually make minor tweaks to the USB output of our batteries to make sure we charge as many devices as possible. We pay particular attention...