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Inductive charging stand

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You know how it is, right? Sometimes you have to do something right then and there!

stefan-lochbrunnerStefan Lochbrunner 12/22/2015 at 22:430 Comments

A while a ago I ordered a cheap inductive charger like this one on eBay and was pleasantly surprised to find that it fully charges my Nexus 4 in around three hours. For some reason just having the charger wasn't enough and I had to build another stand with it:

Initially I wanted to do the same thing as with the PCB stand where the two pieces slide into each other sideways but as you can see the opening for the cable is in the way. So what I did was cut an internal slot in the 'horizontal' piece that the vertical piece slides into from the top. However, for the next version I might rotate the charger by ~30° to one side such that a slot can be cut from the other side.

I also would have wanted the cutout to be tighter such that the charger can be press fit into the opening but in this version the charger is just hot glued to the acrylic. If the press fit doesn't work I might make a cut from the outside into the opening and pull the sides back together to create a clamp. This might make more sense with a picture but I don't have one right now so a side view will have to do.

As with the PCB stand I cut a small hook in the top left corner on which I could hang my keys. With my wallet next to the stand I have all the stuff I need when I leave the house nicely organized in one place.

For future versions I'm also thinking about making a recess in the back of the acrylic and just using the guts of the charger. However, that depends on how the charger is built; if it's all glued up inside, taking it apart would probably be a huge pain.

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