Interesting....and these guys are here in my neck of the woods...might have= to go look them up! -----Original Message----- From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of= Dwayne Reid Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 12:58 PM To: pic microcontroller discussion list Subject: [EE] Thermo-electric power generation done differently A cooking pot with a 5W, 10W, or 15W TEG power module on the bottom. The h= eat source is the hot side, the contents of the pot are the cold side. Mus= t be used with a "watery" material inside the pot (water, soup, whatever). Looks like they use thermocouple connectors to connect the pot to the contr= ol module. The smallest unit puts out 5V @ 1A but they plan to offer 9V an= d 12V versions in the future. The stated use is for charging cell-phones and such. This actually looks like it might even work . dwayne --=20 Dwayne Reid Trinity Electronics Systems Ltd Edmonton, AB, CANADA (780) 489-3199 voice (780) 487-6397 fax www.trinity-electronics.com Custom Electronics Design and Manufacturing -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membershi= p options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist This e-mail message, its contents and any attachments to it are confidentia= l to the intended recipient, and may contain information that is privileged= and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the int= ended recipient, please immediately notify the sender and destroy the origi= nal e-mail message and any attachments (and any copies that may have been m= ade) from your system or otherwise. Any unauthorized use, copying, disclosu= re or distribution of this information is strictly prohibited. Email addre= sses that end with a ?-c? identify the sender as a Fusion-io contractor. --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .