Create Your Own Dual iPod Charger

So let’s say that you have both an iPod and an iPod Shuffle and their different chargers are just so inconvenient to tag along when you’re on a trip, what do you do? Well, if you are the mechanical type and you happen to have spare voltage regulators, a USB female socket, a firewire female socket, resistors, LEDs, and a breadboard (phew, that list is long!), you can build your very own dual iPod charger that could charge both your iPod and your iShuffle. 

The step by step directions could be found in the website but we can tell you how the finish product functions. The dual charger (although still pretty bare and delicate to look at) will be able to charge both an iPod and an iShuffle through a firewire connector (that you built) making it more convenient for you to bring along your iPod and iPod shuffle when travelling. But take extra precaution especially when powering the USB and the firewire using the voltage regulators, because if you mess that up, instead of a dual-charger, you would be left with a  damaged iPod shuffle. Also don’t be too shy to ask for assistance or directions when your stumped.

So let’s say that you have both an iPod and an iPod Shuffle and their different chargers are just so inconvenient to tag along when you’re on a trip, what do you do? Well, if you are the mechanical type and you happen to have spare voltage regulators, a USB female socket, a firewire female socket, resistors, LEDs, and a breadboard (phew, that list is long!), you can build your very own dual iPod charger that could charge both your iPod and your iShuffle. 

The step by step directions could be found in the website but we can tell you how the finish product functions. The dual charger (although still pretty bare and delicate to look at) will be able to charge both an iPod and an iShuffle through a firewire connector (that you built) making it more convenient for you to bring along your iPod and iPod shuffle when travelling. But take extra precaution especially when powering the USB and the firewire using the voltage regulators, because if you mess that up, instead of a dual-charger, you would be left with a  damaged iPod shuffle. Also don’t be too shy to ask for assistance or directions when your stumped.