Aboutcleggsan Expertise All technical areas of Electronics Engineering.
Experience BSEE, MBA, Design, R&D, University Research.
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Organizations IEEE, Consumer Electronics Society, Audio Engineering Society.
Broad teaching experience; work experience mostly in consumer electronics and conversion from analog to digital technologies. Pioneer in digital audio at all levels.
Question I am an industrial designer at CCA. I am designing an electric pedometer that clips onto shoelaces via magnets. I would like to charge the pedometer with a dock that uses inductive charging for aesthetic/convenience purposes. If the clip is closed when in the dock would the magnets interrupt the charging of the battery? Thanks for your help!
Answer Depends entirely upon two things:
ONE - the type of materials the magnets are made of. (Some permanent magnets will alter the magnetic fields from your inductor and some will not).
TWO - the configuration or design of the device.
I am sure it can be done, but it will take some engineering to make sure it is done correctly.
