Make a USB power/charger from a wall wart

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Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. And he has a new best-of writing collection and “lazy man’s memoir,” called Borg Like Me.

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August 23rd, 2007 2

A user on the Hacked Gadgets Forum posted this simple conversion of a common wall-wart into a USB power supply/device charger. He used the power adapter from an old Iomega drive and a few common components. I’ve seen several versions of these floating around. Easy to make. Nice to have around.

DIY Wall-Wart USB Power Supply – Link

2 thoughts on “Make a USB power/charger from a wall wart”

sceptreman says:

August 24th, 2007 at 12:32 pm

This was actually posted in the teamhackaday.com forums three days prior to the Hacked Gadgets forum post.
ronsmithkyb says:

July 12th, 2014 at 2:02 am

I love this wall charger – http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0091XIUKY/?&tag=422-20&ie=UTF8 It allows me to charge my phone, mp3 player and tablet simultaneously and in one location.

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Make a USB power/charger from a wall wart

By Gareth Branwyn