Carbon Smart Watch to charge Your Smartphone.

he Kickstarter project backed by 272 supporters and pledged with $31,010 is getting popular in the tech-world. It includes the wonder watch, which has the capability to charge your smart phones. The dust proof and water resistant watch will give the battery life of up to 3 hours to your smart phones (based upon testing on Samsung Galaxy and iPhone 4S and includes extra browsing). Carbon is compatible with almost all OS platforms including android, iOS, windows, etc. The watch has to charging options that are solar power and electricity (USB port).

Working and technical specifications:

• Design

Designed with trendy and smart look, Carbon has been fully engineered by Energy Bionics Team, USA. There are 2 case finishes offered that are “Slate” made up of metal and the other one is “Coal” which is coated with black PVD. Both the cases are 14mm thick. The analog dial watch gives 2 choices for a 24 mm strap that are black silicone strap and leather strap.

• Technology & Working

Carbon consists of a custom high tech mono crystalline solar cell having a broad spectral sensitivity range of 300 nanometers (near ultraviolet) to 1100 nanometers (near infrared). This helps to fetch a great amount of solar energy (with the help of sophisticated energy harvesting technology) from indoor as well as outdoor spaces that let the watch to get charged. It is also supported by maximum power point tracking (MPPT) which helps to utilize the small traces of energy also. The solar cell energy is stored in the form of electrical energy in the high-density lithium ion battery. It can charge the smart phones with the compatibility of 1 Ampere and 5 volts.

 

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• Technical Specifications

Battery: High Density 650 – 800 mAh Li-Ion (size depends on final manufacturing)

Approx. Output Charge: 1 Amp, 5 Volts and 5 Watts (varies by device being charged)

Output Charge Time: Approx. 25 minutes

Solar Cell Type: Mono crystalline (24% efficient)

Solar Cell Spectral Sensitivity: 300 nanometers (near-ultraviolet) to 1100 nanometers (near-infrared)

Solar Charge Time: Approx. 8 hours in full sun light*

USB Input Charge: 1 Amp, 5 Volts and 5 Watts

USB Input Charge Time: Approx. 30 minutes

LED Battery Charge Level: Green 100% – 66%, Yellow 66% – 33%, and Red 33% – 0%

Li-Ion Battery Protection Circuitry

Maximum Power Point Tracking (provides ultra power harvesting)

Voltage Boosting Circuitry

DC to DC Conversion Circuitry

Zilog Microcontroller Technology

Movement: S. Epson Analog Quartz

The project gaining so much initial appreciation will no doubt rule the charging gadget’s world. It will be funded on 30th May, 2014 and after that only its price can be quoted. Let us see what reviews it gets from the era around.