When I'd set my mind on getting an electric bike at the beginning of this year the thought of having access to a high capacity battery gave me a few thoughts, one of them was that it would be nice to have a USB socket somewhere on the bike to charge my mobile & mp3 player, no connection on the data lines just the ground & 5V lines.
Has anyone else thought of this or actually added one?
dimensionengineering.com sell a neat little 5V 1A output Switching Regulator that can take up to 30v input which would be ideal for providing the power for the USB socket on 24-26v battery bikes.
I like dabbling in electronics and if I get stuck I know an electronics engineer who can help on the more complicated things so doing this wouldn't be too difficult for me, apart from likely voiding the warranty by modifying any of the electrics on my new bike which I'm not really prepared to do at this time.
Has anyone else thought of this or actually added one?
dimensionengineering.com sell a neat little 5V 1A output Switching Regulator that can take up to 30v input which would be ideal for providing the power for the USB socket on 24-26v battery bikes.
I like dabbling in electronics and if I get stuck I know an electronics engineer who can help on the more complicated things so doing this wouldn't be too difficult for me, apart from likely voiding the warranty by modifying any of the electrics on my new bike which I'm not really prepared to do at this time.