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 Circuits
Timer Based Cell Phone Charger Circuit
A simple cell phone charger with timer circuit is presented in the following article, which could be used for charging a given Mobile phone for a specified predetermined length of time. The idea was requested by Mr. Saad. Circuit Objectives and Requirements Could you design me this charger circuit ? Input 230V 60 Hz, and the […]
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 […]
Battery Charger Circuit using Fixed Resistors
This universal automatic battery charger circuit is extremely versatile with its functioning and can be adapted for all types of battery charging and even for solar charge controller application. Universal Battery Charger Main Features A universal battery charger circuit must have the following main features included in it: 1) Automatic battery full charge cut-off, and […]
Arduino based Battery Over Discharge Protection Circuit
In this post, I will show how to construct a over discharge protection circuit for 12v battery using Arduino which can protect 12V SLA battery against over discharge, and also protect the connected load from over voltage in case of overcharged battery is connected. Understanding Battery Charge/Discharge Rates All the batteries have natural decline, […]
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 […]