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sweenmachine · 09-03-05, 04:28 PM

I'm not sure if this helps, but here it is:

The standard power carried on a USB line is 5.0V and 450mA. All of the wall plug USB chargers I have seen also adhere to this standard. The Dell Axim cradle requires 5.4V and 2410mA. USB comes up short in a major way. So theoretically, you can not power the cradle or Axim from a USB line.

As for trying it anyway, the lower power would surely charge slower, and it also might damage your PPC. I wouldn't recommend it.

However, it would be an interesting test to put a multimeter to the cradle and see exactly what the output of the charging pins on the dock is...perhaps the output of the cradle for charging purposes is lower than the input power mentioned above. After all, the cradle also has to power that freaky blue DELL LED :) In that case, you may be on to something...

09-03-05, 04:28 PM	#4 (permalink)
sweenmachine Aximsite Prospect Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I'm not sure if this helps, but here it is: The standard power carried on a USB line is 5.0V and 450mA. All of the wall plug USB chargers I have seen also adhere to this standard. The Dell Axim cradle requires 5.4V and 2410mA. USB comes up short in a major way. So theoretically, you can not power the cradle or Axim from a USB line. As for trying it anyway, the lower power would surely charge slower, and it also might damage your PPC. I wouldn't recommend it. However, it would be an interesting test to put a multimeter to the cradle and see exactly what the output of the charging pins on the dock is...perhaps the output of the cradle for charging purposes is lower than the input power mentioned above. After all, the cradle also has to power that freaky blue DELL LED :) In that case, you may be on to something...