Make a DIY Solar Power Bank that folds!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ย. 2021
- Hi guys! This time, let's make a DIY Solar Power Bank based on DFRobot modules and parts, with a folding solar panel, battery capacity indicator, and built-in LED lamp! You even have the ability to hook it up to a solar panel on your own backpack and charge your smartphone on the go!
With a relatively good phone charging speed of about 3hrs, this homemade power bank is quite capable.
Power output/charging time calculations are all mentioned closer to the end of the video.
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Code for the Battery Capacity indicator:
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Circuit diagram: drive.google.com/file/d/1XmY1...
Materials & Parts:
Solar Power Manager 5V - www.dfrobot.com/product-1712.... / amzn.to/3g6pOv6
DFRobot Beetle Board - www.dfrobot.com/product-1075.... / amzn.to/3yGE3xe
Battery Capacity Indicator - www.dfrobot.com/product-1499.... / amzn.to/3CZc7Hm
Gravity LED Button - Green - www.dfrobot.com/product-2364....
2 x 18650 Battery Holder - www.dfrobot.com/product-1695.... / amzn.to/3eykjFc
Semi-Flexible Monocrystalline Solar Panel (5V 1A) - www.dfrobot.com/product-1775.... / amzn.to/3CzRWyh
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(x10) 6V 60mA Polycrystalline solar panel - amzn.to/3gbi8I9
(x2) 2200mAh 3.7V Li-Ion 18650 cell - amzn.to/3zp86JQ
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Small plastic box/container from resistor kit
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Great job! Very impressive.
Thank you!
Awesome Job lots of thinking on how to fit all the components in a small sealed box 🙌🏻🔋
Thanks a lot! Yup 😅😃
@@MaxImagination no problem 😊
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That's an amazing project max!
Thanks a lot, Abhishek! 😁🙌
30K subscribers!!!
Congrats🎉 Bro
Thank you, Sahil!
Great Tutorial Max!
Thank you! 😀
Thanks for sharing these ideas, i like solar energy projects, i hope that you share more videos about it.
Thanks for your comment! I like hearing feedback, I have plans to make more solar powered projects in the future ☺
Wow Max This Is Really Awesome Project Really Loved it 👍👍
Thanks so much, Alish! 😁
Well done, Maxime
Thank you ☺
Very Nice high tech charger build Thanks👍👍
Thank you for watching! 😁
Love from 🇮🇳 india
Thanks for your kind support, have a great week :)
Amazing power bank 😳🔥🔥
Thanks a lot, bro! 😁✌
nice increase in skills man. I watched this right after watching ur older foldable solar charger and was like man he should of done parallel and used a clear case to store everything. And use ampere to get an accurate charge reading. Holy hell if u didnt do all 3, lmao good job sir.
Glad you enjoyed watching and found it informative! Haha, back then, who knows... my head must've been elsewhere! 😅😂
Thanks! 😁
Great solar power bank, Max
Thank you! :)
Awesome Video Dude!!
Thanks, Alex! 😀
nice project .well done 👏.I like your videos
Glad you like them! Thank you :D
@@MaxImagination welcome
Very good!!! You make high quality videos!! I'm your age and I would love to learn more from you. Keep going as you go !! A big hug from a Portuguese from Portugal. Obrigado
By the way, if you are reading this comment, I would like to say that I also have a TH-cam channel and I would like your mega support in the comments box. Channel link: th-cam.com/channels/gs6JV2sIaWd3ClaHKfMaqw.html
Thank you so much! I appreciate hearing supportive and encouraging comments such as your's!
I'm quite glad 😁😀
@@santiagomelo7253 I'll check your channel out, cool!
@@MaxImagination Thank you for being available to read and respond to my comment.
Muito obrigado
Well done Maxi boy. 🙌
Thank you, Tanya! :)
Awesome video definitely gonna be making this
Thank you!
Nice one dude 🔥🔥🔥
Thanks, Tejas!
very useful product bro.
Thanks!
Amazing idea max
Thank you! 😁
❤️ keep inspiring 🤠 champ 💪 ⚡💥 great video 👏 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Thank you 🙌 :D
Nice work, and tank you for sharing this project. Caution!!! be-careful when using this types of batteries to an outside temperature exceeding 60 degrees Celsius, it may result to fire or explosion. Better keep the box with a battery or electronics under a shaded environment or indoors, chemical reaction can put your safety in danger from both batteries and the electronic components.
Thanks for your safety advice, I'll consider that! Yes, it's best to keep batteries out of reach from direct sunlight, I usually place a cloth over the power bank while the panel charges it.
Thanks for watching!
@@MaxImagination Great idea!!!
awsome this solar power bank
Thank you!
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CARRRY ON🙏🙏💥😍
Thank you! :)
Great project! Could you explain why you needed to switch battery holder charge to be parallel? Did you solder copper to accomplish this?
Hi. Thanks for your comment!
I did that implication because 3.7V is the voltage of one battery that the board only accepts. Also that the connection between two batteries had to be parallel to double the capacity (mA) and keep it voltage the same (3.7V).
Yes, I used thick copper wire to join the remaining two terminals.
Cheers,
Max
That's very useful
Bro can we add more batteries???
Btw very nice portable life saving project👌
Yes you can - in parallel. Thanks for your comment!
Super, good job
Thanks! Stay tuned for the next one 😀✌
@@MaxImagination ok
Nice video 👍
Thx, buddy!
really cool dude
Thanks, William! 😃
Cool Man 😎👍🏻
pretty awesome and WAY outside my skill level.. You could add a layer of black gorilla tape over the silver once you get most of the paint off
Thank you, Doc!
I might try the gorilla tape thing once I get my hands on some.
Cheers!
LIT BRO 🔥🙌✨
Thx, Viraj! 😃🙌🙌
good job , now make a video on the history of solar cell including the first ever solar cell
Thanks, but if you know my channel, I do not make history videos.
@@MaxImagination MAKE ONE
Can you also do it without the lamp and just the bank?
Yes
Hey!, doing this for my school project, got some questions to ask. Does the output voltage of the solar panels matter? like does the sunflower sort that problem out? also is 900amps recommended or needed. Thank you.
HI there. Yes, the output voltage of the solar panels must be 5 or 6V and no higher or lower. the 900 milliamps (or 0.9 amp) is the minimum required current to charge up the batteries through the solar charge controller board. Cheers.
@@MaxImagination Thx!
Nice
Nice video bro 🙋♂️
Thanks ☺
That's was 🧡🧡🧡awesome
Thanks for watching! 😊
Amazing job...Peace
Thank you! ✌
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Rahmat! :)
hello, this is a really great project, I just want to ask if there's any way to make this kind of DIY solar power bank without the programming part?
Hi Alex, thanks for your comment.
Yes it is possible. I only did the programming with my kind of parts since I didn't have one of these battery level indicators which is better: amzn.to/3lefXGs
@@MaxImagination thank you for the reply, i also want to ask ,if i can't do the programming parts what features (just like in the video) can i not include ? because me and my groupmates plan to make a solar powered bank but that's our only goal and we want to lessen our expenses... thank youu
You're welcome. Yes, there's a way. You may remove the need of the microcontroller board (Beetle) as well as the battery indicator module. These you won't need to make this a minimal functioning solar power bank. Hope this helps, cheers.
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Hey, its me again, I've gotten up to the part where you connect the arduino up. (the solar panel, battery, and sunflower is connected up) and to test if it is working I plugged the charging thing into the sunflower and tried it out, but I am getting no signs of charge??? Wondering if I need to connect the arduino for it to work or its just a technical issue on my end. Thx
Hi there. You don't need an Arduino like I used in my project to get your power bank to charge. The Arduino and display were used just for displaying the battery level. Try measuring your circuit with a multimeter to detect a rise in voltage in the battery. Also, what "sunflower" are you using? If you could somehow show me your circuit, this would help me to be able to help you. Thanks.
Hi there max and the comments section
I was wondering could you add one more battery and make it 6000mh and could you give me tips on how to build one just without the display and lights
Hi there. Sure, just add another cell (battery of the same voltage) in parallel with the rest of the pack to increase capacity. If you want to build one without the display and lights, simply don't include them in your circuit. Cheers.
would you happen to know how to wire it to a usb output so i can plug the panels into a battery bank?
It already has a USB output (1A) that can have a USB cable plug from into an external power battery bank.
sorry for instance can i find a cable that instead of a usb a output its perhaps a usb c line that only connects power? im trying to avoid a second cable and just be able to plug the cable from the panel directly to a portable battery to start charging it@@MaxImagination
Hi Max, what gauge wire did you use? Do I need a diode?
Hi there. I typically use 24AWG wire, works fine for making most of these gadgets. No diodes needed for the parallel panel configuration, as the mppt board already has them.
Cheers,
Max
@@MaxImagination ok
Max when did you start making these fantastic Electronics?:)
Hi,
Electronics, well, a couple of years ago, and the diy hobby, ever since I was a little kid. 😀
And thank you! 😊
Im only 11 and i have been trying to make something cool
Solar panels should always be connected with same rating and sizes.
That's not true, as long as you wire them parallel, matching only has to be done with serial wiring. You could wire 3 different panels in parallel, then wire those in series with a matched trio.
@@DoctorMangler how do you match them when the panels are not of the same rating there will be slight changes in Voltage or Current with panels of different ratings connected together your output efficiency even if you wire them in parallel would slightly be affected.
@@giovanninongbri2250 Changes in voltage are already accounted for, his panels are all 6v. The amps add up. So he's got a 250ma panel, and a 60ma panel. Being they are all 6v, he now has 310ma. Amps do not have to be matched, volts do, in this application at this scale.
@@DoctorMangler sure when it comes to 6v panels but not the case with 36 cells or 72 cells brother.
@@giovanninongbri2250 Aren't we talking about this guys 6v project? Number of cells don't matter, 36 cells no problem. His panels, as he stated were all 6v. So the amps add when wired parallel.
OP video
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Any other option if no 5v solar power manager
Try to then use one of those cheap 5V power bank modules - amzn.to/3EKyyA3
+ a TP4056 battery charging module - amzn.to/3PKxgv9
Haha , My videos and you publish in the same time zone
Yep, we did! 😅
Hello Max, just curious, what are your plans for the future? What do you plan tu study. If you don't feel like answer my question, don't do it. Great project.
Hi Regina, interesting you ask :)
I do have some plans in the future, 1st, staying self-employed, studying electronics and mechanical engineering, I'll probably have this channel and keep posting videos as long as TH-cam still exists and keeps their platform running.
Thanks for you comment! :)
What are the cost for all the material?
Purchasing every single part linked in the description, all up it would cost you $45 US including DFRobot part links. Not purchasing through DFRobot links, materials may cost you around $20.
Cheers,
Max
Excuse me Mr ,Does the solar get the thunderstorm or not …
Hi there, the solar panels should not be kept outside if you start to see dark clouds with rain. It shouldn't be exposed to thunderstorms, no.