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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How bad would it be for a NiMH battery or/compared to a Lithium-ion battery in a device to sit unused for years?
I have a Sonicare toothbrush which has Lithium-ion battery and a body hair trimmer that has a NiMH battery.
I have charged the Sonicare once or twice without ever using it, just to stop it go to 0% ...
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310 watt light bar on 12 volt car battery [migrated]
I am currently looking at a 32 inch 310 watt LED light bar for my 2010 Honda CRV. The light bar I am looking at is https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MCNYXFT/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_JpKPDbTR3J8R4.
The wiring ...
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amplify/increase current from 9v battery
I have a working circuit that generates a signal (a range of slow and fast tones) and sends them to a speaker. I tried to switch to a piezo driver and speaker and was successful using the MAX9788 as ...
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Can I work 30 of these Solenoid Valves from a battery?
The (30) solenoid valves are 12v, all identical, each controlled by a relay and are rated at 6.2 watts of power consumption.
They will all be turned on simultaneously and turned off separately. This ...
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Identify dead component in notebook battery
Battery name is GARDA31, based on bq29330 and bq8030.
Most probably I killed it myself when soldering by shorting terminals with solder wire :( Controller is alive (communicates through SMbus), but ...
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Converting Battery Operated Motion Sensor Light to AC Powered
I have converted many battery powered devices to AC adapter in the past. This time around I am using a Motion Sensor light which takes 4 C batteries and is used to light a closet.
When I connect a ...
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Can I put two loads on one battery and both loads draw 3.7v as they expect?
I have a project in mind where I replace the tinny 40mAh LiPO battery of a "smart band" (Like a Mi Band 1) and replace it with a regular 18650 LiPo battery, so it last a long time without recharging. ...
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Can I disable a battery powered device by reversing half of its batteries?
When I have a device that is powered by two batteries, can I disable it by turning one battery around?
For illustration, the purpose is to leave batteries in the device for storage, but it does not ...
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Charging 3.7 V Li Ion battery with 5 V DC [closed]
I am trying to create a charge circuit to charge nominal 3.7 V (range of 3.5 V to 4.2 V depending on state of health) li-ion battery from 5 VDC. I don't want to use specialized charging ICs if ...
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Directly wire inverter to switches/lights/etc [closed]
I have a 12V deep cycle marine battery that is charged by a 20W solar panel. This works well. However I would like to use the battery to run two 120V 170mA 15W LED lights in a shed. So as I understand ...
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Using BMS in serial with parallel charging
Is it possible to connect two 4.2V 18650 Li-ion batteries in series but have them charged in parallel with 5V Usb wall charger? I have HX-1S-3576 as BMS. If i use 4 of these BMS as shown in the ...
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Power-supply made of battery+solar cell, ultra low power
In various scientific calculators, we can see that they have "twin" power, basically a mixture of a solar cell and a battery. I would like someone to tell me what kind of circuit usually takes both ...
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Using a modified non-proprietary battery for CPAP
My apologies if this isn't the correct place for this question. I am not familiar enough with some of these concepts to move forward on this without bouncing the ideas off of some more experienced ...
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How to heat an e-cigaret coil
I am working on making my own "mod" for an e-cigaret (A mod is the device that controls when and how much the coil is heated up to)
I have read a lot about it during the last couple of days, so i ...
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Motor driver powered by PSU instead of battery [duplicate]
I am about to use a motor driver in a project (MDDS30 by Cytron) and I was going to power it using a 12v 11.5a PSU. I discovered that the manufacturer warns against using a PSU, and that it might ...
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Real thing or just misinterpretation? Rotating batteries to make TV remote work
When TV remote isn't working, I rotate the batteries in the remote in their place and it begins to work. I don't see any kind of deposit between the batteries and the contacts. Rotation of battery ...
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Does a CR2032 take damage when connected to a 5V rail?
I've seen applications (Nintendo game cartridges, for example) that uses a coin cell battery for backup power to some RAM-chips (for savegames). When the ordinary 5V is gone, the battery takes over ...
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Do Duracell AAA batteries have internal short circuit detection?
I was shorting a Duracell AAA battery in a SAFE area with proper precautions. After 2 minutes I disconnected the circuit and measured the voltage, it dropped from 2.8V to 2.6V and the battery was hot. ...
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Is there a circuit that conserves energy of multiple power sources?
Say I have several batteries. To start all the batteries are "dormant"; there is no current running through them. Starting with the first battery it runs current through it until it dies, wherein the ...
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Measuring battery voltage and impedance
I have been trying to figure out how to properly measure battery voltage for a few days. The more I read, the less I understand. I know there are many questions like this out in the internet and I ...
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Reverse polarity protection for battery powered application
Im designing battery powered application and need reverse polarity protection.
My system specs: 4.5v(3x AA batteries) in and system running on 3.3v. Im using MCP1711T-33I/OT LDO to convert 4.5v to 3....
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Wind turbine charger controller
I need help on my design which includes a wind turbine, charge controller, battery and load.
The question is, what will happen to the load if the wind turbine is charging the battery and while it is ...
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What is the peak current for CR, LIR and AA batteries?
I'm working on a project that requires low energy consumption. In standby mode, it will consume about 11uA. However, when it starts working (it will transmit data in RF), the current goes up to 121mA. ...
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Do high and low side labels on bidirectional logic level converters matter?
Logic level converters like this one from Sparkfun have high side and low side labels on them. Now i have an application where I think I need to shift logic levels but the high side and the low side ...
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Rectifying reversible polarity battery with minimal power loss
I'd like to build a battery-powered DC power supply that will accept a single-cell battery in either polarity (i.e. it doesn't matter which way you put the battery in). I'm thinking of using the ...
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Does it matter if a fuse is connected to the negative or positive terminal of a battery?
I am currently going through the conundrum of where to place a fuse in my DC battery-powered circuit to protect the circuit components and the DC battery. I've been googling for a definitive answer, ...
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How to power a 10-watt electric circuit without grid connection in cold countries? [closed]
What options do we have for powering electric circuits without access to electric grid? For instance, to power a 10 watt LED lighting at night? The motivation to the project is to add some lighting in ...
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Noisy op amp buffer
I made an op amp buffer using a TL071 for my guitar but it is very noisy.
The circuit is a simple follower. Originally I had no feedback resistor but I added it later in case it decreased the noise ...
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Voltage regulator STBY & OFF - whats the difference?
I am looking at MAX883 voltage regulator and from the documentation is not very clear whats the difference.
It says this about pin OFF:
In this mode, the pass transistor, control circuit, ...
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Would a 7805 5 V regulator drain a 9 V battery?
Doing some DIY as a hobby, I'm making a small humidity-temperature radio sensor.
An ATmega328 is reading from a DHT11 sensor and then transmitting data to a Raspberry Pi by an STX882 radio ...
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Combining power input and USB data port for a Raspberry Pi Zero (W)
I am attempting to design some peripheral circuit around a Raspberry Pi Zero W for a portable project. It will be powered by a lithium battery. I want to bring out the USB port of the Pi; I also ...
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Multiple devices on 1 battery
My current project is a green lantern minigun prop. I 3d printed it already, im just working on the electrical end of things. I have a 12v drill motor that im using to spin the barrels. also in that ...
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Battery is 12 volt and motor is 3.7 volt…will it work?
I have a battery that says it has a working current of 4.6A and rated voltage of DC 12V
I need the battery to power a motor for a fan that says it has a voltage of DC 3.7V
Will it work? What will ...
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Double A battery & lithium battery charging way
I do have some question regarding the charging input for nimh double A battery & lithium battery.
Is it possible for my 7.4volt lithium battery charged with 8.4volt 2Ampere charger?
Any idea on ...
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Proper capacitors for ESP8266-12F?, resetting at high current peak
When using the ESP8266-12F on a PCB I designed myself it keeps resetting after a high current spike of another module (Sim800L). I ofcourse tried to solve this using capacitors but I seem to have made ...
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What is the cost of converting 12V (lead acid battery) to 220V and back again to power 12V appliances?
I have a small house measuring ~ 8m x 4.5m. It is in Indonesia and power outages are expected daily. Probably the daily power outage is on average less than half-an-hour, but sometimes the outage can ...
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Mountain Bike Light Bar 18650 battery pack
I have a 6 Inch LED Spot Mini Bar Light which is used for vehicles, it uses 12-24 V and is rated at 18 W of power. I have some 18650 batteries which would work perfectly for this project. What would ...
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How much battery power for LED and how to make it flicker [closed]
I am trying to figure out what configuration of battery(ies) I need to power this LED. I am only using one (specifically the warm white 1-up).
I am also looking to make it flicker like a candle with ...
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Circuit to save one battery when another battery is present
I have a battery powered system and I want to preserve the test batteries during setup and calibration. I want the system to use the setup batteries if they are present and use the test batteries if ...
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Raspberry Pi wake-up and battery power circuit
I am working on a Raspberry Pi (3B plus) project that - at times -needs to operate on battery power, and on external power whenever available. The RPI needs to operate only when a dedicated sensor ...
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Should I include over-voltage protection for a 3.63V max device using a Lithium-SOCl2 3.65V battery?
When designing an ultra-low-power device that is powered by a primary lithium battery, is it necessary to include over-voltage protection?
Specifically, I am using a Microchip (Atmel) SAML21J which ...
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Powering a servo with 9V battery and other questions
I'm working on a small project. I want to make an internet-connected dog food dispenser to attach to my dog's crate so I can dispatch a network command remotely to dispense it. I have a Raspberry Pi ...
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200AH lead acid battery
I have a 12V 200AH lead acid battery and I want my load be a power resistor and a bulb. Does the batter draw current based on the load resistance? so meaning the current that will be drawn in this ...
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Why can't I replace conventional batteries with rechargeable batteries everywhere?
In two cases, I experienced that a device does not work, or does not work correctly, with rechargable batteries, while one-way batteries do the job. Can that be, and if so, why?
The two experiences ...
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3.7V to 5V step up not providing enough current
I'm trying to power up a circuit that consists of an Arduino Nano, 3x 3W stereo audio amplifiers (PAM8403), an audio player module and 20x RGB LEDs. The power source is a lithium battery 3.7V 500mAh. ...
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Charging Voltage of Lead Acid Batteries
I recently installed a solar ups and it has been charging the batteries all the time.
I have two 12v 230ah Batteries (lead acid tubular) in series and my solar charger software says that it is ...
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What determines if a battery is charging or discharging in a circuit?
I have a basic understanding of DC circuits from high school and university physics courses, but those courses only covered circuits that discharge batteries.
I'm trying to build an rudimentary ...
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Where do I place the on/off switch in a multi voltage circuit?
I've got a simple Arduino setup where I need to supply a 3.3V Arduino with adequate power - and at the same time provide higher voltage to a sensor which needs 5V.
The Arduino is powered by bypassing ...
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Single Cell LED boost Converter
I am planning on powering 10 white LEDs (LUXEON 3014) from a single AA rechargeable battery with Vin min=0.9V, Vin max=1.4v
VLed=2.8v @ 23mA so total Vout for 10 LEDs Vout=28v, iout=23mA
I found this ...
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MCP73831 stat pin current
I'm trying to implement a bi-color LED connected to a Microchip MCP73831 battery charge management controller, so I can switch between red and green LED output. Currently my circuit is mixing them ...
