Energy Harvester (Buck-Boost)

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Energy Harvester

The Energy Harvester is a kit designed to allow you to use harvest power from any power sources including lemons and thermal energy to power useful things, cell phones, USB chargers, etc.

The Design

The design originally started as a lab to teach engineering freshmen about DC-DC converters. Eventually the requirements lead it to be a full buck boost regulator.

Assembling the Circuit

The circuit assembles easily. For those without soldering equipment it can also be purchased fully assembled.

Using it as a device

Teaching using the Energy Harvester