While Li-Ion and Lithium polymer electrolyte (LiPo) batteries possess unmatched energy density, Lithium-based batteries are costly to produce and need meticulous handling along with a cautious charging. With the advancement of nanotechnology, the manufacturing process of the cathode electrode for these batteries has seen a substantial improvement. The break through nanotechnology-based high-load LiFePO4 cells are […]
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What’s Internal Resistance of Battery
In this post we try to investigate internal resistance of battery and try to learn the critical characteristics involved with this battery parameter. What’s Internal Resistance of Battery The internal resistance (IR) of a battery is basically the level of opposition to the passage of electrons or current through the battery in a closed loop. […]
18650 2600mAh Battery Datasheet and Circuit Diagram
In this article I will try to explain the main specifications and datasheet of the Li-Ion cell 18650 2600 mAh, which is one of the most popular Li-ion batteries, and preferred by all electronic professionals due to its high efficiency, in terms power delivery and compact dimensions. Li-Ion batteries are one of the most advanced […]
BQ24295 Smart Battery Charger IC with Boost + OTG
This BQ24295 IC is like a super smart charger chip. This one is not just for charging battery, but also doing many other jobs like boost converter, USB detection, power path control, and even OTG (host power supply). So we can say that this is a full battery charging and power management IC. Let us […]
12V Battery Charger Circuits [using LM317, LM338, L200, Transistors]
In this article I will be discussing a list of simple 12V battery charger circuits which are very easy and cheap by its design yet extremely accurate with its output voltage and current specs. All the designs presented here are current controlled meaning their outputs will never go beyond a predetermined fixed current level. UPDATE: […]
NiMH Battery Charger Circuit
A single state-of-the-art chip, a transistor and a few other inexpensive passive components are the only materials required for making this outstanding, self regulating, over charge controlled, automatic NiMH battery charger circuit. Let’s study the whole operation explained in the article. Main Features: How the Charger Circuit Works Referring to the diagram we see a […]