November 2, 2010 at 11:28Solar powered laptop. IMEC Meets Howest
The baptized IMEC Meets Howest system is the first of its kind notebook that can run on just two relatively small solar panels. Jan Leyssens developed this working prototype based on the Asus Eee PC with Chronium OS on board.
According to the author of the idea, the choice fell on the Eee PC due to its low power consumption, and the use of Chronium OS allows the laptop to work on such a low voltage.
In fact, the laptop is arranged as follows: there is a laptop directly and through the wire it connects to a module containing conventional and solar batteries. This is how you can get settled in the sun with this device and work at least all daylight hours. The author emphasizes that this is the first truly working prototype of a laptop powered by solar panels.
Unfortunately, I did not find any more detailed technical description, although it would be very interesting whether all the modules work, what kind of lighting is required for stable operation, etc. However, if someone is very interested in this, you can ask the author questions in the official blog . There you will find many photographs of how Jan collected and tested his solar laptop.
Some photos from the blog of Jan Leissens:
According to the author of the idea, the choice fell on the Eee PC due to its low power consumption, and the use of Chronium OS allows the laptop to work on such a low voltage.
In fact, the laptop is arranged as follows: there is a laptop directly and through the wire it connects to a module containing conventional and solar batteries. This is how you can get settled in the sun with this device and work at least all daylight hours. The author emphasizes that this is the first truly working prototype of a laptop powered by solar panels.
Unfortunately, I did not find any more detailed technical description, although it would be very interesting whether all the modules work, what kind of lighting is required for stable operation, etc. However, if someone is very interested in this, you can ask the author questions in the official blog . There you will find many photographs of how Jan collected and tested his solar laptop.
Some photos from the blog of Jan Leissens:
