COBALT
You want to install an electronic system in a place where there is no electricity? Your only recourse is the use of batteries? Then COBALT is for you. COBALT is an alternating battery discharge controller. It allows you to optimize the use of your batteries. COBALT and GONOGO are two brothers who get along well: COBALT manages the batteries and GONOGO the time of use of your electronic system.
COBALT stands for COntrôleur de décharge de Batterie en ALTernance.
The first battery connected to COBALT (battery A) is the active battery. If you then connect battery B, it is put on standby. When the voltage at the terminals of A falls below a certain threshold (11.02v), it is switched off and battery B is switched on. During this time A can be charged and then reconnected once charged, but it is B that remains in service until the voltage at its terminals falls below the threshold. B is then switched off and A takes over and so on. This mutual exclusion system ensures that the batteries undergo complete charge and discharge cycles in turn. It should be noted that COBALT is not a charger, but only a discharge controller. An interface with Raspberry Pi is provided but its use is optional, COBALT can work autonomously.
The first battery connected to COBALT (battery A) is the active battery. If you then connect battery B, it is put on standby. When the voltage at the terminals of A falls below a certain threshold (11.02v), it is switched off and battery B is switched on. During this time A can be charged and then reconnected once charged, but it is B that remains in service until the voltage at its terminals falls below the threshold. B is then switched off and A takes over and so on. This mutual exclusion system ensures that the batteries undergo complete charge and discharge cycles in turn. It should be noted that COBALT is not a charger, but only a discharge controller. An interface with Raspberry Pi is provided but its use is optional, COBALT can work autonomously.
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