Battery anxiety is a modern day problem for many of us. Mobile phone and wearable technologies are getting developed rapidly, but battery issues seem to be neverending. As phones and wearables are getting thinner, there needs to be a trade-off between battery life and design. Scientists are searching for a way to make a battery that’s …
These tiny batteries can be charged in seconds and last for a week Read More »
Lithium-ion batteries are very popular as they’re lightweight and have high energy density. But at the same time, li-ion batteries are very sensitive to overcharge/over discharge. An internal short circuit can cause fire and it may even lead to a violent explosion. Fortunately, nanotechnology found a way to prevent this kind of nightmare. How? let’s …
Nanotechnoloy – Nano coating prevents exploding Li-ion batteries Read More »
Features Seamless, Automatic Transition Between Two Input Power Sources Wide Input Voltage Range: 2.4V to 42V Wide Output Voltage Range: 0.818V to VIN Up to 2.5A Continuous Output Current Pin Selectable Priority and Ideal Diode-OR Modes Burst Mode® Operation, IQ = 2μA 95% Efficiency at 1A, VIN = 12V, VOUT = 5V 1μA Current in Shutdown …
LTC3126 – 42V, 2.5A Synchronous Step-Down Regulator with No-Loss Input PowerPath Read More »
David Jones has another useful video tutorial about how to safely charge Lithium Ion and Lithium Polymer batteries with a bench power supply. The purpose of this tutorial is to learn how to use your lab power supply to charge your Lithium Ion battery when you don’t have a special charger circuit to do so. …
Using A Bench Power Supply To Charge Lithium Ion Batteries Read More »
In this instructable I will show you how to properly supply power to a Raspberry Pi or Pi 2 with a battery pack or any voltage between 2.9 -32 volts DC. I will be using a efficient Pololu Step-Up/Step-Down Voltage Regulator and a toggle switch. This can be done with any Raspberry pi version. Using …
The charging system for a portable device is not always given a high priority in design but it can have a major role in the battery life of the system and, properly optimized, can allow the use of a smaller battery pack than otherwise would be needed. Not only are compact battery-management controllers needed, but …
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