Wireless Charging as Fast As Possible
Techquickie
·Techquickie
·2014-05-07
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1,150 words · ~5 min read
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Now it's no great secret that I hate the cables and fragile connectors
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that Modern electronic devices use for battery recharging but We're
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just stuck with cable clutter right Ah What the
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heck seriously guys like next time just
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find something on shutter stock to represent lots of cables huh All right
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Yeah That would have been fine Anyway Thanks to Modern technology and by
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Modern I mean demonstrated about a century ago by nikola Tesla but Now
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finally becoming a commercial product wireless power is
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here and we are very close to saying goodbye to cables
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forever but how does it work I could just
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say magnets and leave you to infer the rest but the actual science is
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much more interesting than that electricity and magnetism are
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actually much more closely related than many people realize
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a current carrying wire coil around an Iron core is called
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an electromagnet Because it uses alternating current electricity to
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generate a fluctuating magnetic field reversing the
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situation and applying magnetic field whose polarity
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is constantly reversing to our wire coil will generate AC
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electricity this is called electromagnetic induction and is the
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basis of the wireless power solutions that we find in consumer
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grade devices like phones and Electric toothbrushes and
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What's great about it is that unlike microwave based wireless power It is
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safe to have Next To Your Head while you sleep or you know in your mouth and st
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All right so let summary the pros and cons advantage number one is a big
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one and It's dev to bed compati
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Dock in car the table inite coffee
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shop andom It's charging sign me up advantage number two
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is no more warn out connectors micro USB can be AS fragile
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and generally terrible as it wants If I only have to use it once in a
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while to load a new ROM on my phone love it but Nothing is
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perfect so drawback number one is that It's still not ubiquitous It's
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still too expensive for many manufacturers to include with their
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device and most charging pads I mean however
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cool this might be aren't built into anything yet and
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still need to sit there and be plugged into the wall The Good news is that
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after market solutions aren't too bad a rear cover for a Galaxy S5 costs 30
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bucks and a compatible Pad on eBay is less than 20 bucks number two is
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inefficiency compared to wired charging your device
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will charge slower and heat up more for
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me personally this isn't a big deal when got time like
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when I'm sleeping I can wirelessly and I'm in a Hurry I can
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plug in number is that range is very
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limited right now you pretty much Put the two surfaces right Next To
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each other and orientation is picky with most devices
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but solutions like using grooved surfaces or
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additional magnets to help with alignment have been used successfully to
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help with this and next gen solutions should help alleviate both of
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these issues a fair bit Now the last point Here is
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something that I wasn't really how to classify in my List
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of pros and cons and that's the speed at Which this
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technology is developing It's advantageous because it means amazing new
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solutions are coming but it also ties into the biggest
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disadvantage yet which is compatibility folks
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who remember beta versus vhs and HD DVD versus blu-ray
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you all know what I'm talking about there are two main competing standards
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today and while they both rely on a power transmission Pad and
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a compatible receiver either inside or attached to your device Don't
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work with each other backed by the wireless power
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consortium is by far the most popular amongst consumers
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right now but pma the standard backed by the power matters
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alliance is likely to continue to gain Support with
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corporate organizations and governments with their cloud-based
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controller software feature that allows these entities to
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better Manage their wireless charging network the alliance for wireless power
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is yet another group and their res branded resonant
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magnetic coupling wireless charging standard looks Super
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exciting and promises to enable more convenient
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solutions by offering dramatically better range and
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multi-device charging while maintaining reasonable efficiency they
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recently closed a standard consolidation deal with pma though So
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my point isn't Which One You should invest in now in
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terms of buying a bunch of Gear but just that the standards war is
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just warming up with new developments coming hard and Fast
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at the end of the day though whether You're a time Child a human or an OT
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hopefully the thing We can all agree on is that wireless
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charging rocks and the future is going to be freaking Awesome with like
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wireless charging that can basically be in the same room as you and provide
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