Howdy folks.
Prompted by a thread here, I am working on a primer to help people build up a tool box to power their projects with batteries. The idea here is to focus on secondary cells, particular LiPo and related chemistries. I want to provide both theoretical and very practical information.
The goal is to equip a neophytes with the ideas, parts, and assemblies that will make doing battery power the right way easy and flexible.
I am looking for possible help with a few things:
Sources and recommendations for batteries and modules (e.g.: BMS, power management, "UPS" style boards, etc.), as well as connectors (JST, etc.)
Practical experiences that you learned from, particularly solutions to "gotcha" type problems
Examples of completed projects you'd want to share (photos, even write-ups if you want)
And, of course, anything I have forgotten to mention that you might think is important.
For now, I want to focus own LiPo for Arduino-style projects but expanding to other chemistries, high capacity, solar power, etc. is certainly a possibility.
Thanks for any help you can provide as I make an outline for this. I will be buying some parts to photograph and assemble into useful configurations over the next little while but I am getting started now.
Prompted by a thread here, I am working on a primer to help people build up a tool box to power their projects with batteries. The idea here is to focus on secondary cells, particular LiPo and related chemistries. I want to provide both theoretical and very practical information.
The goal is to equip a neophytes with the ideas, parts, and assemblies that will make doing battery power the right way easy and flexible.
I am looking for possible help with a few things:
Sources and recommendations for batteries and modules (e.g.: BMS, power management, "UPS" style boards, etc.), as well as connectors (JST, etc.)
Practical experiences that you learned from, particularly solutions to "gotcha" type problems
Examples of completed projects you'd want to share (photos, even write-ups if you want)
And, of course, anything I have forgotten to mention that you might think is important.
For now, I want to focus own LiPo for Arduino-style projects but expanding to other chemistries, high capacity, solar power, etc. is certainly a possibility.
Thanks for any help you can provide as I make an outline for this. I will be buying some parts to photograph and assemble into useful configurations over the next little while but I am getting started now.