Comments on: A Solar-Powered PC for 2010.

By: Simple ‘Off-Both-Grids’ Solar Computing Solution with the Viliv S10 | Solar Computing

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:26:19 +0000

[...] mentioned the Viliv S10 in an article about solar-powered computers for 2010 and it turns out that it has the same 9.5v input as the Viliv X70 tablet. Having an input voltage [...]

By: Solar Powered PC for 2010 – Pt2 | Solar Computing

Solar Powered PC for 2010 – Pt2 | Solar Computing — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 11:57:46 +0000

[...] my last post I wrote about the Viliv S10, a super-efficient Windows-based PC that would serve well for solar-powered work duties. Last week [...]

By: Chippy

Chippy — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:16:26 +0000

@RecycledElectrons Interesting. I was thinking of using the SmartQ7 as an emergency, no-power book store but the charging electronics died so I put the Smart Q7 to one side!

I wrote about the subject in 2008 but there are some better solutions now.
http://solar-umpc.com/2008/10/26/emergency-computing-for-the-masses/

The Archos android device (32GB SSD) is something worth looking at. Charges off USB/5V at a slow rate. Also from docking connector at a higher rate.

By: ossi

ossi — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:17:56 +0000

Well, you could ask pixel qi if they are doing some 4.8″ test samples or similar and ask them to send you one for great marketing purpose

By: RecycledElectrons

RecycledElectrons — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:58:23 +0000

I’ve been putting togeather a 5TB solar-powered ebook library. I’ve got a Smart Devices Q7, (Qty. 7) Seagate FreeAgentGo 880GB HDDs, (Qty. 2) Socket Mobile Power Packs (7.2 AH USB Li-Ion battery packs,) and cables. It all fits in a 50 cal ammo can, with plenty of foam padding. The HDDs run off the Socket MPP, and the Q7 charges off the Socket MPP.

I’m search for a good solar cell. I’m considering the “Sunforce 22005 Foldable 6.5 Watt Solar Charger” for $100, but I’m not sure how efficient my 12V ==> 6V cigarette lighter-style charger is.

I’m also searching for a good router that can turn my HDDs into a Wi-Fi NAS. I tried Cisco’s WRT-310, but when I run the USB HDDs through a hub, I have to reconfigure the NAS setup manually EVERY TIME I turn power on to the router. It also pulls arouns 28 watts of 12V power, while I like 5V USB power.

Suggestions are appreciated.

Andy

By: ‘In Other News…’ February 2nd | UMPCPortal - Ultra Mobile Personal Computing

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:35:35 +0000

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By: Solar-Powered Mobile Productivity Re-Visited. | UMPCPortal - Ultra Mobile Personal Computing

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:12:01 +0000

[...] screens, ergonomics and productive processes. I’d love to do another tour this year so over at Solar-UMPC.com, the journal I used for the tour, I’ve taken another look at the UMPC sector to see what devices [...]