• cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de
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    10 months ago

    Wireless power sounds like and RFI nightmare. It will never match the efficiency of a cable either.

    • Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.socialOP
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      10 months ago

      Efficiency and outright performance isn’t always a priority.

      A lan cable outperforms a wireless Internet connection in every way, yet most people just use WiFi

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      10 months ago

      This method uses magnetic resonant coupling (vs inductive which is how wireless charging works on your phone). The difference is the transmitter and receiver are both tuned LC circuits that operate at their resonant frequency, which is why this works over the impressive range shown in the video. It would have efficiencies around 80% mark based on what I could find. But yeah for RFI, this would definitely be worse than something like normal Qi charging, which operates in the 100s of KHz, while this operates in the MHz. But I think the manufacturers page says this is FCC certified? So might be not too bad.

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        10 months ago

        FCC emission requirements are very lax below 30MHz, so something can pass FCC part 15 yet still jam the entire HF band.

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      10 months ago

      My speakers at home hum due to my Logitech Powerplay Matt, even with a ground loop isolator. It sucks. I was kinda surprised that it wasn’t an issue with this setup.