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Any thoughts on the ikea koppla usb power supply?

I sort of stuck with it for the price/performance/safety.

Here is a teardown (might be dated): https://lygte-info.dk/review/USBpower%20Ikea%20Koppla%20UK.h...



From that teardown, it looks like a solid charger with an unchallenging design. (I.e. they didn't try to make it small.) I think it uses the iWatt 1699 control chip: https://www.dialog-semiconductor.com/products/acdc-conversio...


Big Clive also did a fairly comprehensive teardown of the IKEA charger and was pleasantly surprised with the design: https://youtu.be/uRe9w5PKmsE

He also confirms that the control chip is a 1699-02.




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