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Video: Phone charger cable length, does it matter?

I made a new video about phone charger cables to see if their lengths influences charging speeds.

In this video I take a look at two brands of cables and I check 1ft, 3ft, 6ft and 10ft cables to see how they perform. In the metric system these are 30cm, 1m, 2m and 3m cables!

You can check out there video here:

The cables shown in the video can be found on aliexpress:
Mygeek cables: http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Nylon-Android-Micro-USB-data-Cable-2m-usb-fast-charging-2A-for-Samsung-galaxy-note2-S3/32550775115.html

Anker cables: http://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/MByZJqb23

Video: Phone Chargers 101

This post will be about phone chargers, so, Phone chargers 101!

For a while now I’ve been interested in several types of power adapters and power delivery. This started with LED drivers and 12v/24v power supplies for LED lighting. There will be more about that in later blog posts. For this first time tryout talk video I’m talking about phone chargers, how they have changed over the past few years and my plans on testing them in follow up videos and blog posts!

Let me know what you think and leave a like if you liked it on youtube!

 

 

Passive POE for use with Outdoor IP Cameras

For a while now I have been writing about the TI DaVinci DM368 DSP based cameras. And while these chinese cameras work very well in most situations, they always come with only a small amount of cable in which you need to plug your UTP and power cable. And while the camera might be weatherproof, this connection certainly isn’t. I have a cheap solution which I use for this, read on inside!

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