In this post, I will show how to construct an Arduino based battery level indicator, where a series of 6 LEDs show the level of the battery. If you are interested in monitoring and maintenance of your 12V battery, this circuit might become handy. Why Battery Level Monitoring is Crucial All batteries have certain voltage […]
Battery Charger Circuits
High Current Wireless Battery Charger Circuit
In this article I have explained regarding how to design and make your own customized high current wireless battery charger circuit using wireless power transfer concept. Introduction In many of my earlier articles I have comprehensively discussed wireless power transfer, in this article we will go a step ahead and try to learn how to […]
Triac Battery Charger Circuit
A triac based battery charger replaces a normal relay for automatically cutting off power to the battery very efficiently. In this post I have explained a simple a battery charger circuit using a triac auto shut-off facility. The circuit can be used for charging any high current, high AH types battery with a full-charge auto […]
Lithium Polymer (Lipo) Battery Charger Circuit
In this post I have explained a simple lithium polymer (Lipo )battery with over charge cut off feature. The idea was requested by Mr. Arun Prashan. Charging a Single Lipo Cell with CC and CV I came across your work on “Bicycle Dynamo Battery Charger Circuit” in Homemade circuit design blog. It was really informative. I […]
Battery Charger Problems Troubleshooting Discussed
The included battery charger circuit was designed and built by Mr.Vinod Chandran, however there’s some issues and problems with the circuit the troubleshooting of the same is addressed in this article. I have explained the discussion between Vinod and me. Discussing a Transistor Battery Charger Problem Vinod: I am attaching the circuit image of the […]
Make a Battery Charger in 15 Minutes
I have posted many battery charger circuits in this site, some are easy to build but less efficient, while some are too sophisticated involving complex construction steps. The one posted here is possibly the easiset with its concept and also is extremely easy to build. In fact if you had all the required material you […]