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1-07-2004 | A simple NiCd charger can be built using ‘junk box’ components and an inexpensive LM317 or 78xx voltage regulator. Using a current limiter c...

1-03-2004 | Atmel’s AVR450 reference board described in this article has just about everything you would expect from a high-end multi-standard battery c...

1-07-2002 | Lithium-Ion cells require a totally different charging protocol to that for NiCd or NiMH cells, a protocol that has to be followed precisely...

1-07-2002 | Here we have yet another excellent universal battery charger that is easy to build and can be used to safely charge practically all commonly...

1-07-2002 | 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...

1-12-2001 | To enable the control module, described in Part 1, to function as a battery discharger, a number of additional hardware components are requi...

1-12-2001 | There are several ICs on the market that are specially designed for charging Lithium-Ion batteries. The LM3647 from National Semiconductor i...

1-11-2001 | 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...

1-07-2001 | 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,...

1-12-2000 | The Over-the-Top type of operational amplifier is ideal for use as a current sense for battery charger applications. The design described he...