Hey guys!
I am currently embarking on a project of a little bot that moves around to find sun and uses it to charge its batteries through a solar panel. The solar panel voltage is voltage dividered read through my arduino counterpart, the Teensy's ADC pin. I am using a 5V solar panel and four 1.2 volt NiMH batteries. I want this solar panel to simultaneously charge the batteries while it is running off the power supplied by the batteries. Is this possible with some sort of formation of schottky diodes or is impossible because it will have current trying to run in two directions? Is there any work around for something like this?
Thank you!!
I am currently embarking on a project of a little bot that moves around to find sun and uses it to charge its batteries through a solar panel. The solar panel voltage is voltage dividered read through my arduino counterpart, the Teensy's ADC pin. I am using a 5V solar panel and four 1.2 volt NiMH batteries. I want this solar panel to simultaneously charge the batteries while it is running off the power supplied by the batteries. Is this possible with some sort of formation of schottky diodes or is impossible because it will have current trying to run in two directions? Is there any work around for something like this?
Thank you!!