Energy-storage devices such as batteries continue to change how people live. Here's an article that will point you toward the design of your own linear Li-ion battery charger using today's ...

Solar energy is an attractive energy source for powering portable devices. For some time, it has been widely used in applications like calculators and spacecraft. More recently, solar power is being ...

Intersil Corporation introduced the ISL78692, a Lithium-Ion/Lithium-Polymer battery charger with 4.1 V output. This single-cell battery charger was developed to ...

The LTC4007 standalone, Li-ion battery pack charger is capable of a 4A output with operating efficiencies up to 96%. The device drives external MOSFETs synchronously to achieve this level of ...

Jay Celani, design engineer with Linear Technology, describes the design of a solar battery charger which maintains its efficiency in low light conditions An important characteristic of any solar ...

Wanting to built a small Li-ion cell into something, I was seeking a safe and simple way to charge it, and came across a plethora of built pcbs that include a micro-USB socket, a charging chip, a ...

Ever want a seriously powerful PCB for charging a Li-Ion pack? Whatever you want it for, [Redherring32] has got it — it’s a board bearing the TPS25750D and BQ25713 chips, that lets you push up to 100 ...