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| Title |
Title
Intelligent Battery Charger
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Name
PICREF2REFERENCEDESIGNUSERSGUI
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| Date |
Date
06/24/2015
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| Product Categories |
Product Categories
8-bit MCU
Power Management ICs /
Battery Management
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| Description |
Description
Typically, simple battery chargers do not provide the intelligence to charge different battery technologies or batteries with the same technology but different volt-ages and capacities. At best, this may leave the battery improperly charged. At worst, it can pose a serious safety hazard. A microcontroller can provide the intelli-gence to overcome these problems. In addition to intelligent control, the microcontroller can provide a low-cost, flexible solution for charging batter-ies. Complete battery charging applications may be developed quickly using a microcontroller. Add to this the serial communication capability of the microcontrol-ler, real-time data logging and monitoring is possible. Simple battery chargers use all analog components to accomplish their function. However, by using a micro-controller, a battery charger can be made intelligent.
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