Wirelessly charging?

[Anonymous]

I was wondering if anyone has any experience/luck wirelessly charging a PI? I’m working on my handheld Gameboy, and thought it’d be cool to be able to have wireless charging in it rather than having to deal with more coords.

[herbfargus]

You’d have to have some sort of induction battery. I’ve never seen it done- not to say it isn’t possible but its a cool idea.

[zigurana]

If you already have a battery and charging circuit working with a uUSB connector, then it can be as easy as plugging in an aftermarket XI receiver. They cost about $8, when you get them from China. The bases you can get anywhere nowadays, even Ikea has them.

If you don’t, well then get that first! That’s the tricky part I think, seeing how finicky the pie is with its power supply.

Be aware that wireless charging does generate some heat, plus its really slow. You might not want that.
I would opt for a solution where both wired and wireless charging would be possible.

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