USB powered charging station for the silicone molded vibrator

We made a DIY silicone molded vibrator (see here, here and here) using the Arduino compatible body interaction vibrator development board and a wireless charging module. Now we need a charging station where you can put your vibrator for battery charging.

We need a simple box for the wireless charging sender (transmitter) module and the coil. In addition we need a USB cable which we will cut though and connect to the charging module.

It is important to keep the distance between sender and receiver coil as small as possible. The larger the distance is the less power will be transmitted. Therefore the plate where you put the vibrator must be very thin. There are different modules available.

What do you need?

A USB cable
Wireless charging sender (transmitter) eg. from Seeed Studio, 5V input. The sender (transmitter) will be placed in the charging station. The receiver module will be part of the vibrator. There are different modules available. Look for a 5V input module.

Instructions:

A. Print out part A and B. Download STL files (zip file)

B. Cut a USB cable. Plug the cable through the hole of form B.

C. Now connect the USB wires with the sender module. Solder the red wire to the (+) pad on the wireless charging sender. Solder the black wire to the (-) pad.

D. Glue the sender board on the bottom of the red form. Put some glue on the cable to fix it. We used hot glue.

E. Now glue the black form and the sender coil together. We used simple “UHU”-like glue. If the distance between coil and form is too large the charging could be rather slow. So don’t use too much glue.