I just bought a cheap tablet on Black Friday. The charger is like $30. Other have found the connector used to charge and sync. I don't know much about regulating voltage.
The tablet needs 15V in order to consider itself as charging. Most USB chargers on plugs only deliver 5V. The stock plug is a very small housing so there can't be too much going on in there.
I want to just make a simple plug-in-the-wall unit that will take the 110V from the wall down to 15V so that I can make a cheap DIY charge plug. I figure it would be minimal parts to do this. I figure just a few simple components to go from 110V AC to 15V DC.
Can those who are more familiar with a matter like this chime in onto what would need to be purchased for this? I would like to make 1 or 2 so I can also keep one for traveling.
Edit: If I were to take a cheap (Monoprice for like under $2) USB charge plug and tear it apart could I replace one component so instead of 5V DC it delivered 15V DC??
The tablet needs 15V in order to consider itself as charging. Most USB chargers on plugs only deliver 5V. The stock plug is a very small housing so there can't be too much going on in there.
I want to just make a simple plug-in-the-wall unit that will take the 110V from the wall down to 15V so that I can make a cheap DIY charge plug. I figure it would be minimal parts to do this. I figure just a few simple components to go from 110V AC to 15V DC.
Can those who are more familiar with a matter like this chime in onto what would need to be purchased for this? I would like to make 1 or 2 so I can also keep one for traveling.
Edit: If I were to take a cheap (Monoprice for like under $2) USB charge plug and tear it apart could I replace one component so instead of 5V DC it delivered 15V DC??
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