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Reply To: Battery Charging via USB

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2017-08-03 at 10:27 AM #2306
Julie
Participant

    Yep! Just a bare solar panel (actually 5V) soldered to a microUSB connector. The yellow LED on the Mayfly comes on in sunlight and goes off inside/in deeper shade and the battery charges.

    Parts used below:
    https://www.adafruit.com/product/1390
    https://www.amazon.com/ALLPOWERS-Encapsulated-Battery-Charger-130x150mm/dp/B00CBT8A14/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

    I’ll go ahead and order some JST connectors just to be safe. Thanks!