Re: Home Brew Chargers anyone?

"RogerN" <regor@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Thanks, I'll look on RCgroups DIY electronics forum.
>
> I'm looking at several boost chips available and playing with circuits
on 
> Electronics Workbench and free SwitcherCad from Linear Technologies.  I 
> have a few inductors, microcontrollers, and MosFets to experiment with,
I 
> need to get a boost controller, Schottky diodes, and higher voltage 
> capacitors.
>
> I have commercial chargers but I don't have any that I can write custom 
> programs for.  Right now I would like to add a feature to keep liPo's at

> storage voltage and automatically charge them to be ready by the date
and 
> time I select(ie Noon Sunday, or next spring).  I could do the
electronics 
> to make my Triton a 4 ****t charger but the program would have to be 
> modified to switch batteries in and out of the charge circuit.  Since
the 
> Triton, or any commercial charger I know of, isn't user programmable,
I'm 
> attempting to make one that is.
>
> Thanks!
>
> RogerN

AFAIK LiPos don't self discharge so couldn't I charge then today and have 
them ready next spring?  That would be a good feature for Nicads and NiMh.

If someone could make my Dewalt charger a peak charger that drops off to 
trickle and runs from my truck that would be neat.
mk