Calculate output voltage and current of a boost converter
If I have two AA rechargeable battery (1.2 V, 2000 mAh) connected in series, and I then connect it to a boost converter (DC to DC converter) so that the output voltage is 5V, what is the maximum current I can get? Can you please show how to calculate this?
Just to give you a bit more info, I have one of these so called "mobile boosters" which can charge your phone from 2 AA batteries. At the back, there is a small label saying that the maximum output is 5 V @ 500 mA . However when I plug it to my Blackberry, I turn on the engineering screen, I can see that the charging current is 1250 mA which is what I normally get when I use the wall charger. When I plug it to a computer, the charging current become 500 mA which makes sense as USB2 port can supply up to 500 mA. What I don't get is why does it say 1250 mA when the source can only supply 500 mA. So is the Blackberry gives out false information or the mobile booster actually deliver more than 500 mA?
Please try to keep the answer simple, don't get too technical, I'm not that great with physics :D