Texas Instruments ups the wireless power game with industry’s first Qi dev kit

We have yet to see a flood of Qi -enabled devices at CES , but here’s a little something from Texas Instruments that will hopefully boost the number of products supporting this newfangled wireless charging standard. What we’re looking at is the bqTESLA, the industry’s first Qi-certified wireless power development kit that consists of a single-channel transmitter (presumably the transparent pad with a copper coil underneath), a direct-charge receiver (the black object) and “associated magnetics for applications requiring five watts of power or less” such as cellphones, MP3 players, cameras, etc. Interested techies can pick up one of these toys for $499, or for just $250 throughout CES 2011. Continue reading Texas Instruments ups the wireless power game with industry’s first Qi dev kit Texas Instruments ups the wireless power game with industry’s first Qi dev kit originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Jan 2011 16:22:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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