How do you make a capacitor bank to amp the voltage of a solar panel up to 5v?

[mohammad45]

Hi I wish to make a circuit that uses a power source of 1v to be raised up to 5v by a bunch of capacitors.
Any tutorials or tips?

[AWOL]

Google "boost converter"

[fungus]

Hi I wish to make a circuit that uses a power source of 1v to be raised up to 5v by a bunch of capacitors.
Any tutorials or tips?

You'll need more than just capacitors...

Go to ebay and search for "5V boost".

[AmbiLobe]

Tip:
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6538930-0-large.jpg

Diodes , capacitors and 2-phase clock : simple to understand. Easy to make.

[fungus]

PS: The phrase "amp up the volts" is just plain wrong...

[tocpcs]

There's a relationship that exists between current and voltage.
I'd suggest you first check that what you want to do is technically feasible with the equipment.

[MarkT]

flying capacitor DC-DC converters are very inefficient for anything but small currents I believe - what current
is the load requiring?

A standard boost converter would prob. be a better answer apart from the bootstrapping issue - with only
1V at the source how to power up (most boost converters need more than that to operate).

You also have to worry about brown-outs when there isn't enough light to power the converter - will
it behave gracefully?

And when you say 1V to me that says 2 PV cells in series (they give about 0.5V under load) - is that the case?