I'm after 10V to 10.5V, 1.3A peak (800mA works, though, and the
palmtop has an internal battery.  Probably can get by on 400-500 mA most
of the time, give or take.)  I want a small Lead-Acid battery pack
probably (Want a package the size of a regular laptop or so, but 2/3 of
it'll be batteries, and the solar cells stow safely for carrying.)  I
want a lot <G>  Thanks, please keep looking!

 Mark

Tom Handley wrote:
>
>    Mark, Maxim's Engineering Journal, vol 27, has an article on using
> solar cells with 0.8 to 4.5V outputs to generate a 5V, 500ma supply.
> I also ran across an excellent article about using solar arrarys
> recently but I can't find it. I thought it was from Maxim or Linear but
> it may have been in EDN. I have'nt searched those yet.
>
>    - Tom
>
> At 11:12 PM 3/8/99 -0800, Mark Willis wrote:
> >(Posted offline.)
> >
> >  I'm building a solar array to charge a battery pack, and run a small
> >palmtop I have.
> >
> >  Can I ask some good questions off-list of someone who's done this sort
> >of thing?  Please e-mail me if willing & able <G>
> >
> >  Mark