| Atmel’s AVR450 reference board described in this article has just about everything you would expect from a high-end multi-standard battery c...
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| Lithium-Ion cells require a totally different charging protocol to that for NiCd or NiMH cells, a protocol that has to be followed precisely...
| Here we have yet another excellent universal battery charger that is easy to build and can be used to safely charge practically all commonly...
| A few years ago the charging of Nickel Cadmium cells was a fairly standard procedure. An AA sized NiCd cell used to have a capacity of 500 o...
| To enable the control module, described in Part 1, to function as a battery discharger, a number of additional hardware components are requi...
| There are several ICs on the market that are specially designed for charging Lithium-Ion batteries. The LM3647 from National Semiconductor i...
| This circuit can measure the capacity of individual cells as well as battery packs with an open circuit voltage of up to 35 V. The only requ...
| In the December issue we’ll describe a fancy Li-Ion charger based on a specially designed IC and boasting many bells and whistles. However,...
| The Over-the-Top type of operational amplifier is ideal for use as a current sense for battery charger applications. The design described he...
| The battery discharger published in the June 1998 issue of this magazine may be improved by adding a Schottky diode (D3). This ensures that...