LED flash after 2sec and gets solid when LI battery fully charged

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Engr1

Joined Nov 4, 2011
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Hello;
Can any body tell is it possible with a opamp to get a LED flash after 2 sec and gets solid when LI ion battery gets fully charged.
Is their any option to achieve this by sensing battery voltage or current?
Battery cutoff at 4.1v
 

ian field

Joined Oct 27, 2012
6,536
Hello;
Can any body tell is it possible with a opamp to get a LED flash after 2 sec and gets solid when LI ion battery gets fully charged.
Is their any option to achieve this by sensing battery voltage or current?
Battery cutoff at 4.1v
If you're thinking of making a lithium end of charge indicator - don't do it!!!

You need to terminate charging at the specified terminal voltage, over charged lithium cells tend to vent with flaming gas, sometimes the metal cased ones rupture violently.

The method I've been getting away with is a shunt regulator, but this still requires some monitoring/intervention.

Someday I must get around to building a topping charge timer.
 

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Engr1

Joined Nov 4, 2011
9
I am using a charge controller IC so its not a issue for me to cutoff battery when fully charge only issue is the indication scenario i needed.
 

AnalogKid

Joined Aug 1, 2013
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Not sure what you mean by "flash after 2 sec", but you probably can do this with a dual comparator like an LM393 (or a newer, ultra-low power part). One comparator acts as a comparator, and the other is configured as an oscillator and LED driver.

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ian field

Joined Oct 27, 2012
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I am using a charge controller IC so its not a issue for me to cutoff battery when fully charge only issue is the indication scenario i needed.
Just select a charge control chip that has a full charge indicator pin - I though most of them did.

If you want the LED to flash until charged then stay on continuously, just use a 2 transistor astable and the full charge signal to make it stay flipped one way.

E-cigarette charge control chips just disconnect the charge when full, the indicator just senses current draw by the battery.
 

blocco a spirale

Joined Jun 18, 2008
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I am attaching circuit diagram please refer to it and provide a circuit diagram in here.
It would have saved a lot of guessing if you'd put that in your first post.

If you can clarify what "LED flash after 2 sec and gets solid when LI ion battery gets fully charged" means I'm sure a solution is not far away? It appears that it already provides a solid LED indication when the battery is charged.
 

ian field

Joined Oct 27, 2012
6,536
It would have saved a lot of guessing if you'd put that in your first post.

If you can clarify what "LED flash after 2 sec and gets solid when LI ion battery gets fully charged" means I'm sure a solution is not far away? It appears that it already provides a solid LED indication when the battery is charged.
I already answered that question - flash the LED with an astable, and use the battery full pin to jam it so the LED stays on.
 

Dodgydave

Joined Jun 22, 2012
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Connect the flasher circuit to bat positive and pin 7 for flashing at full charge,

for flashing during charge connect between pin7 and bat negative.
 
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Engr1

Joined Nov 4, 2011
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Not required flashing at full only need flashing when battery is under charge.Can both flashing and solid can be achieve with one LED?
 

Dodgydave

Joined Jun 22, 2012
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Yes, flashing and steady can be achieved with one led, using a 555 timer in astable mode with the led between pins 3,8... and using pin4 as the signal from the lion charger,

This will give flashing when finished and steady when charging,

Or just use a flashing led on the lion chip.
 

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Engr1

Joined Nov 4, 2011
9
Attach please find the LED flasher circuit diagram when battery attached to circuit LED flashes but when battery full it goes off how to get it solid ON? any idea.
Need flash when battery under charge
Solid when full (how to get this?)
NO LED indication in presence of battery.
 

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