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Yeah, it is used in https://www.freethegameboy.info https://www.freethegameboy.info for one - not sure if they published numbers on how much energy it produced.
by reerdna 4y ago
Yeah, it is used in https://www.freethegameboy.info https://www.freethegameboy.info for one - not sure if they published numbers on how much energy it produced.
- teruakohatu 4y agoThose switches look like they are the mini generators from ZF Electronics that produce 0.33 mWs of power per activation. ZF Electronics used to be called Cherry Industrial, which was until a few years ago part of the same company as Cherry AG who make the famous keyboard switches.
- justsomehnguy 4y agoYes, specifically ZF AFIG-0007 energy harvesting switch https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3411839 https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3411839 p. 12 https://eu.mouser.com/ProductDetail/ZF/AFIG-0007 https://eu.mouser.com/ProductDetail/ZF/AFIG-0007
- metadat 4y agoAs a heads up, the second link leads to 404 Not Found error. Edit: Oddly, the product page is viewable if you enter the product ID from the tail end of the URL into the product search field.
- Y_Y 4y agohttps://eu.mouser.com/ProductDetail/ZF/AFIG-0007?qs=KnNyCueLKRVo%252BCLj1DZFyQ%3D%3D https://eu.mouser.com/ProductDetail/ZF/AFIG-0007?qs=KnNyCueL...
- pqb 4y agoWhoa, I have to buy at least 5000 switches. Together with a price tag (~50K EUR) it does not look good for a weekend tinkerer.
- msk-lywenn 4y agoI dream of a DMG-1000, an original gameboy with a thousand hours battery life because it would have a CPU made with modern technology. This is actually DMG-Infinite! Amazing. Thanks for sharing.
- mock-possum 4y agoaw what a cool project!
- kragen 4y agoPeople reading this might be interested in my notes from 9 years ago on this topic at https://dercuano.github.io/notes/keyboard-powered-computers.html https://dercuano.github.io/notes/keyboard-powered-computers....