Questions tagged [battery-operated]
Involving or pertaining to a circuit or device that is intended to be operated with cells or batteries (as opposed to mains power, for example).
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Establishing Safe Operation Range for Lipo Battery with Buck Boost Converter
I have a circuitry that I need to power up with lipo battery. I need to regulate battery to 3.3V with buck-boost converter, since LDO can not be able to provide required current output and causes ...
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Failure of a C cell in a 4x battery pack, potential causes?
I am trying to understand failure of cells in battery packs of 4 x alkaline C cells (in series, so ~6V output). The failed cells, from 2 separate battery packs, have bulged and leaked out, you can see ...
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Inductors and caps on buck-boost converter getting very hot under medium-ish load
I'm currently using a buck-boost converter (generic XL6009 buck-boost like this one) to power a router and fiber terminal from a 12V battery backup system. The reason for using the buck-boost ...
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Lithium ion battery safety in car?
i want to use a lithium-ion battery as backup for my circuit in vehicle.
i scare about explosion and safety . i decided to use TP4056 ic but many batteries has not temperature pin .
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Needing a simple circuit to switch a vacuum pump from a pressure switch at 4.5v
I’m looking for some help to build a simple circuit to take a NO switch input and use this to drive a 3-5v vacuum pump.
The switch I’m using is open when the pressure has not been reached (Which is ...
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reverse polarity and low voltage protection circuit proposal
I'm designing my own li-ion single cell protection circuit, whose requirements are the following:
Shall be protected against reverse polarity
Shall disconnect power whenever the voltage battery is ...
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DIY solar setup related questions on following topics: VSR, storing batteries correctly, wiring diagramm, misc
Please keep in mind I am not an electrician, however I have spent a lot of time researching the basics to obtain a fundamental understanding of the topic. Also, this project is an enhancement to an ...
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Can I put my battery in the middle of my parallel circuit?
This is a small project, basically cosplay, four 5mm LEDs wired in parallel. Normally, I put the battery at the end:
But could I put the battery in the middle with the same result? I'm researching ...
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Automatic series/parallel configuration
I've been thinking about this issue for a while now and came here for your guided assistance.
Situation:
Ik have 4 resistors (12V/1.25W heater pads). I need to power them with either a 12 or 24V ...
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How to Modify LED panel’s power board to turn it on/off using Arduino pro mini
I’m a software developer and beginner in electronics.
My objective:
I want to modify,
https://www.amazon.com/Ulanzi-Ultra-Bright-Video-Light/dp/B0757KCWGW
LED panel product in a way so that the on/...
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I want to build a battery based DC supply for LED mirror that has AC power cable (230VAC)
I recently purchased an LED mirror that is AC powered (230VAC). The problem is there is no GPO (power outlet) in the room.
I am trying to make this wireless and wall mounted. I tried researching DC ...
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Mini PC stick can be powered with mains power adapter (5 V/2 A) but not with power bank (also 5 V/2 A)?
I bought this product with the hopes of powering it with a power bank:
https://www.intel.ca/content/www/ca/en/products/boards-kits/compute-stick/stk1a32sc.html
https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/...
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How can I determine what kind of power supply or battery I need for my four NEMA 23 stepper motors?
I am trying to determine what current my power supply needs to have for my mini rover project. The NEMA 23 motor specs are as follows: Bipolar amp/phase is 2.8A and the bipolar resistance/phase is 1....
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Battery powered device - How to measure external floating differential voltage
I have the following task. As depicted in the sketch, I have a battery powered device which needs to measure the differential voltage VIN between two external nodes, EXT_NODE1 and EXT_NODE2. It is not ...
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What is this white box in a battery pack?
I have an O2 Hurricane canless air system that seems not to charge anymore. I was a bit surprised because it hasn't been through much use or many charging cycles, and customer support was non-...
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Powering a RF circuit with CR2032 along a capacitor, pulse currents of 150mA
I am designing a battery powered circuit which performs RF communication. The goal is to use a 3V CR2032 battery. The RF circuit consumes 0.2mA as average current and lowest voltage it can work on is ...
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12v wiring regulations (UK)?
What regulations (if any) do I need to follow if wiring a 12 volt system (in the UK).
I was planning to wire up a garden shed / summer house to the 220v mains. I'm confident I could wire it safely ...
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Powering and dimming white LED from single-cell 3.7 rechargeable lithium battery (with a 3.3V Arduino mini)
I'm designing a circuit for a handheld project that runs from a 1-cell rechargeable Lithium battery (18650 or prismatic). The circuit powers an Arduino Mini Pro running at 3.3VDC.
The Arduino board ...
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Efficiently reducing input voltage
I have a battery powered system that currently supports up to 5.5V input voltage (which amounts to 2-3 AA batteries in series.)
I'd like it to support up to 4 batteries in series (so up to 7.2V ...
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Additional battery in parallel (Li-ion)
So, im trying to figure out how to wire in an external battery for my computer electric scooter for more range. I messaged the manufacturer but only got a concluding message of the factory workers ...
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How to use LBO on Powerboost 1000C as input for Arduino
I am using a project which uses an Arduino Uno and a powerboost 1000C. in the manual it says,
LBO - not a leveraged buy out! this is the Low Battery Output. By default it is pulled high to BAT but ...
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small inexpensive battery powerable component for daily timer circuit with LED and button
I want to make a small "visual alarm" device that turns on a LED every day at a time (e.g. 17:00) and turns the LED off on button press or (if no button was pressed) at a later time (e.g. 22:00).
I ...
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Extracting 25W from a pair of 18650 li-ion in series
If I have 2 bats of li-ion in series. 8.4V full charged and 6V full discharged. What should be their minimum mAh capacity, if they are 18650 size, and considering a constant load of 25W.
25W/6V = 4....
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Calculating Battery Life with different working voltages
I have device that draws 30 uA in current continuously, and it is powered by a Panasonic CR2032 device (240 mAh - continuous standard load current: 0.2 mA ).
There are two components on this device, ...
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Replace UR battery by IMR with lower mAh [closed]
I am replacing a shaver’s battery, a Braun Silk Epil 5.
It uses a Li-Ion battery manufactured by Sanyo for Braun.
According to my research it must be a UR Battery like the UR18500L :
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Check my battery powered layout
Few days ago I had topic about issue with power inductor crashing circuit. I almost resolved issue without making new by 90%. However sometimes circuit crashes -> I did some updates based on replies.
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Limiting input voltage for buck converter
I want to power some micro controllers and a couple of leds on my electric bike, counting up towards 5 Amps.
Power supply is a 36V battery, with a range of about 42V to 33V. This voltage is to be ...
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Motion triggered battery powered dimmable COB LED light
My view on life, in any field, is not to produce more but to consume less. Everybody told me this is a very eccentric weird mentality. Perhaps they are right. Nevertheless I have to build my project ...
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Times a DC motor can be driven from pair of AAA 1000mAh
If I have 3V voltage made from two AAA in series, both 1000mAh and driving a 3V 1.5W DC motor with it, being the duration of tON exactly 1 second for each drive attempt. Is it possible to estimate the ...
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Battery powered step-up converter not gives enough amps
I am creating two part PCB running on Li-ion battery 26650 (3C discharge rating, max capacity 5000mAh) powering few LED strips with controller. PCB 1 (schema 1) has step-up converter MT3608 which ...
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12V lead acid battery instead of 11.1V LiPo?
I'm doing research on a remote control model ship. I have 11.1V LiPo batteries, but because of their weight and duration, larger batteries are considered better in this application (these batteries ...
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Power supply or-ing with ideal diodes - priorities?
My PCB can be supplied by internal LiPo, USB or via an external supply through a data connector that also carries power. Right now, I have the power inputs or-ed with LM66100's.
I'd like to ...
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How can I determine LI-ion battery charge while varying the load?
I'm building an autonomous boat which contains a li-ion battery pack and I want to know how much charge it still left in it. To do this I measure the voltage of the battery pack. I let it run for ...
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voltage fluctuation observed in two parallel Li-socl2 battery
Application:
our device working is like it wake up 5 times a day wake up period is nearly 30 sec and during this time take measurement from sensor and send data on zigbee and go to sleep.active mode ...
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How to combine LTC2954 with TP4056 charging circuit
I'm new with electronics and I'm working in a personal project with ATmega328P-AU.
The project basics are and ATmega328P-AU powered by a LiPo battery and the battery is charged and controlled by a ...
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To ground or not to ground: portable power supply
So I'm creating a backpack system to carry around and shine a 100 watt HID lamp (using the arc tube for UVC mineral collecting.) This system currently includes a 12v lithium battery, a power inverter ...
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When connecting two battery grounds together, which battery specifications can tell us the limits?
This question came to me while connecting a lower voltage battery to a higher voltage battery
by connecting their grounds using an NPN transistor switch.
I know it works, but I don't know how to ...
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Emergency Backup Battery Supply
I am building a NodeMCU controlled 12v solenoid. I am hoping to add an emergency backup battery supply, but the emergency backup supply should not power anything but the solenoid. In other words, if ...
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How to determine what battery to use?
I am making a project that requires two different voltage levels, 5V and 12V (although this can be lowered to 7V minimum). I have two voltage regulators as described by the schematics below:
I want ...
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In my dc to dc buck converter(0 to 17V - 12v), when i connect a load ,converter output voltage decreases to 1V [closed]
I try a buck converter of variable input(0 to 17) to 12V. when i connect a load with very small resistance , voltage decreases.if load increases , converter voltage looks constant.
what happens if i ...
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Is it harmful to battery if we use it during charing, from solor panels or electricity?
For lead acid, dry and tall tubler Batteries.
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Which among the circuit is the most efficient for battery backed up systems?
Which among the circuit is the most efficient one for a battery backed up solution. Would be helpful if you can state the reasons as well.
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using ...
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Always plugged in solution with battery backup
I am trying to design an micro-controller based solution which is always plugged in and has a battery backup in case of power failure. I am using an SMPS power supply rated 15V, 1.4A which is always ...
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stm32h753 rtc resets after power down (vbat is connected)
I am using a stm32h753 and stm32cubemx, and trying to run the RTC module on VBAT. To do this I have connected a battery to the MCU. RTC is connected to LSE. Next, I set the RTC in my code and then I ...
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Battery wear on small solar powered devices like watches or pocket calculator
As I understand, small repeated charges to a battery damages it. How are small electronic devices, like solar powered watches and calculators, designed to deal with this?
Is the battery basically ...
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Battery backed up power supply using LDO
I was looking for a battery(12V, 11.2Ah lead acid) backed up power supply solution for my ESP microcontroller(3.3V) along with few relays(3V) and came across some reference design in the following LDO ...
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How can I calculate the minimum switch time between main battery and back-up battery for my board?
I have UpSquared board for an embedded system. I have a main power supply(battery) to feed it and I also have a back-up battery for some situations.
For example, something happened and main battery ...
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What is wrong with my USB Li-Ion charging circuit?
I'm trying to design my own PCB based off of this one:
My relevant schematics are here:
Their Q3 transistor DMG3415U-7 was going obsolete, so I used DMP2045U-7, which seemed to be a similar ...
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Building An Electric Cart
I am trying to build some sort of electric cart, to help me push something. The cart would have to push about 120-150 pounds. It wouldn't have to completely push the whole thing, just assist me with ...
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Switching Battery to Usb
I am designing an hardware including MCU's, camera , RF components etc. Shematic looks fine and my question is actually about powering part. I have put some battery powered applications based LDO. It ...
