QC-MINI is a USB fast charging board that can take 6V to 32V DC input from a power source such as solar panel, and outputs 3 to 12V via a USB port using QC 2.0/3.0 and other fast charging standards.
The board can be useful to implement fast charging in any project, and it won’t break the bank as I’ve just come accross the module on IC Station for just $1.99.
QC-MINI key features and specifications:
- Input voltage – 6.0V to 32V DC
- Output
- 5V DC up to 3.4A by default
- Fast Charging
- QC 2.0, QC 3.0 with 9V @ 2.5A and 12V @ 2A support
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BC1.2 protocol
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Apple protocol
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Samsung protocol
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MTK PE1.1/PE2.0
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Huawei Fast Charge Protocol FCP, does not support mate9 (SCP)
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Spreadtrum Fast Charge Protocol SFCP
- Safety – Overvoltage protection, undervoltage protection, overcurrent protection, short circuit protection, over temperature protection.
- Misc – LED load indicator with brightness increasing with load
- Dimensions – 38x20x10 mm
- Temperature Range – -20~85
- Humidity – 0% – 95% RH
Typical applications would include solar panel to mobile phone charging, car charging retrofit, driving recorder power supply, and “household power supply transformation”. The $2 price tag initially looked really inexpensive to me, but afer looking for QC-MINI on Aliexpress, I failed to find the board there, but realized QC 3.0 car chargers – for example – are equally cheap going for less than $3 shipped. It remains to be seen whether those cheap QC 3.0 hardware platform do work as advertised.
Jean-Luc started CNX Software in 2010 as a part-time endeavor, before quitting his job as a software engineering manager, and starting to write daily news, and reviews full time later in 2011.
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