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It’s no exaggeration to say that the development of cheap rechargeable lithium-ion batteries has changed the world. Enabling everything from smartphones to electric cars, their ability to pack an incredible …read more Continue reading OSHW Battery Tester Aims to Help Tame Lithium Cells
For the cautious, a good piece of advice is to always wait to buy a new product until after the first model year, whether its cars or consumer electronics or …read more Continue reading Building Experience and Circuits for Lithium Capacitors
We don’t know much more than what we see with [Kounotori_DIY]’s battery loader design (video embedded below) but it just looks so cool we had to share. Watch it in …read more Continue reading Swapping Batteries Has Never Looked This Cool
Tinkerers and tech enthusiasts, brace yourselves: the frontier of biohacking has just expanded. Picture implantable medical devices that don’t need batteries—no more surgeries for replacements or bulky contraptions. Though not …read more Continue reading Batteries Not Included: Navigating the Implants of Tomorrow
Remember Duracell’s PowerCheck? The idea was that a strip built into the battery would show if the battery was good or not. Sure, you could always get a meter or …read more Continue reading What Happened to Duracell PowerCheck?
Ever want a seriously powerful PCB for charging a Li-Ion pack? Whatever you want it for, [Redherring32] has got it — it’s a board bearing the TPS25750D and BQ25713 chips, …read more Continue reading Need High-Power Li-Ion Charging? How About 100 W
Everyone loves, and should respect, lithium-ion batteries. They pack a ton of power and can make our projects work better. I’ve gathered a number of tips and tricks about using …read more Continue reading Lithium-Ion Battery Hotswapping, Polarity, Holders
Switch-mode technology has made inverters which take a low DC voltage and turn it into a usable mains voltage within the reach of everybody. But still, there might be moments …read more Continue reading The Trashiest Of Mains Inverters
One of the most troubling trends of almost every modern consumer product that uses electricity is that the software that controls the product is likely to be proprietary and closed-source, …read more Continue reading Universal Power Bank Customized To Your Liking
Battery management is a tedious but necessary problem that becomes more of a hassle with lithium-ion technology. As we’re all very aware, such batteries need a bit of care to …read more Continue reading Hardware Reuse: The PMG001 Integrated Power Management Module