USB power for the M100

[Dustym]

Why is postage from the U.S. to G.B. so expensive nowadays?
There's a USB power supply for the Model 100, on Ebay, at US$5, which looks a really neat and useful bit of kit
However, the postage to the U.K. is US$25!!!

It ups the voltage from 5v to 6v - how is that achieved?
Here's the Ebay number
154401640136
Anyone in the U.K. making them please?

 

[eight_bit]

I was looking at this particular item myself, but decided to skip it due to lack of information.

The Club100 folks used to sell this power supply: https://www.jameco.com/shop/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10001&langId=-1&storeId=10001&productId=220943

I just bought two of them and figured I'd share the info. They will work with the portable disk drive as well if you happen to have one.

 

[Chuck(G)]

The Ripcord USB adapters use a small buck/boost switching module. You can get them for 6, 9 and 12v output.

Amazon item I see, however, that they're not shown on amazon.co.uk.

To answer your question, just search for "USB Boost Converter" on amazon--they're small modules and very inexpensive.

Just a point of curiosity, however. Have tried running your Model 100 from straight 5V USB? Often, on these battery-powered rigs, there's quite a bit of tolerance as regards battery condition.

 

[eight_bit]

The Ripcord USB adapters use a small buck/boost switching module. You can get them for 6, 9 and 12v output.

Amazon item I see, however, that they're not shown on amazon.co.uk.

To answer your question, just search for "USB Boost Converter" on amazon--they're small modules and very inexpensive.

Just a point of curiosity, however. Have tried running your Model 100 from straight 5V USB? Often, on these battery-powered rigs, there's quite a bit of tolerance as regards battery condition.

I didn't know these things existed, that's pretty cool!

Just make sure you get a center negative one, this one linked is center positive.

Note: Sorry OP, I didn't check that you were in the UK with my post. I will look at that closer next time I reply to something

 

[Dustym]

Thanks for the info. guys. It was the first time I'd seen one of these.
It would be interesting to see how a M100 ran at 5V's !
I'll do a short article about it for the June edition of TRS8BIT

 

[oktology]

Even better option now is the USB-C version available on eBay.