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# MintyBoost Kit - v3.0

**Type:** Product page · **SKU:** ADA14 · **Brand:** [Adafruit](https://core-electronics.com.au/brands/adafruit-australia)
**Page:** https://core-electronics.com.au/mintyboost-kit-v3-0.html ([markdown](https://core-electronics.com.au/mintyboost-kit-v3-0.html.md))

The world's first and only open-source hardware charger: The MintyBoost®! New version! Works with the new iPhone 4 & 5 and more! Please review the Minty Boost project...

## Pricing

- **Price:** $34.60 (inc GST) — $31.45 AUD, exc GST
- **Quantity discounts:** 10+ $30.51 (exc GST) · 50+ $29.88 (exc GST)

## Availability & dispatch

- Out of stock — the product page offers email notification when it returns.

## How to buy

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- **Checkout** is completed on-site and includes a captcha at the payment step. Share the cart link; checkout takes it from there.
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## Description

The world's first and only open-source hardware charger: The MintyBoost®!

**New version!** Works with the iPhone 4 and newer! **Please review the [Minty Boost project page(s)](https://learn.adafruit.com/minty-boost) before purchase and assembly!, some phones require different modifications to the kit to charge properly! Some phones such as the \*iPhone 3gs are very sensitive to charging via USB and may not work in all environments or configurations.**

Make your own iPod/iPhone/GPS/etc... battery-pack and recharger!
This project includes all the electronic parts necessary to build your own MintyBoost: a small & simple (but very powerful) USB charger for your iPod (or other mp3 player), camera, cell phone, and any other gadget you can plug into a USB port to charge.

The charger circuitry and 2 AA batteries fit into an small space such as an Altoids gum or mint tin, and will run your iPod for hours, 2.5x more than you'd get from a 9V USB charger! You can use rechargeable batteries too.

**New In Version 3:** Provides 500mA @ 5V, tested and designed to work with all the latest iGadgets **including the latest iPhones and iPods**, etc., improved efficiency for high-drain devices, works much better with LiPoly battery mods.

Kit comes unassembled and is suitable for beginners. Some soldering tools are necessary but even if you've never soldered before it should be pretty easy.

Read more about the project on the [Minty Boost webpage](https://learn.adafruit.com/minty-boost)

Tested works with: iPods, iTouches and iPhones (including the latest 4G), PSP, DS..Please see a full listing at [Minty Boost compatibility webpage](https://learn.adafruit.com/minty-boost/compat-v3) to see if your device is tested to work before purchasing. iPhone 3gs is the most finicky of the bunch, tinkering may be required.

Batteries and tin not included. [Adafruit have nice tins in the shop](https://core-electronics.com.au/altoids-gum-sized-tin.html), or you can also of course make your own case!

Team this up with a [Lithium Ion/Polymer battery](https://www.adafruit.com/category/67) and [Adafruit's solar-optimized lithium ion battery charger](https://core-electronics.com.au/usb-dc-solar-lithium-ion-polymer-charger-v2.html) to make your own Solar Mintyboost!

## Technical Details

- Raw PCB is 0.71" x 1.32" (18mm x 33.5mm)
- Finished PCB height will be 0.63" (16mm)
 
**Note**: PCB may be blue or green!

[EagleCAD PCB files, schematics, and datasheets available in the product tutorial](https://learn.adafruit.com/minty-boost/download)

![](https://core-electronics.com.au/attachments/localcontent/rohs_icon_8216055e11.jpg)

## Images

- [Product image 1](https://core-electronics.com.au/media/catalog/product/1/4/14-00.jpg)