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Battery Charging

A project log for Remote Control Mini Blimp!

Mini blimp flies through hoops! Features 3 DC motors/ propellers, battery charging, and wireless communication.

sophi-kravitzSophi Kravitz 10/22/2017 at 14:040 Comments

I'm using the MCP73812 for battery charging. 

I've decided to keep the battery charging on the blimp's gondola itself rather than dealing with pulling the battery on and off each time. I dislikeJST-style battery connectors.

After leaving the battery on charge to test the circuit overnight, I discovered that this morning, the 1-cell 3.7V Li-ion battery was at 2.8V. !!!!!! 

Update: while charging, the rest of the circuit was on, so the motor was on all night. In the next rev, I've fixed that.

This is the circuit (*.sch in docs) I'm using.

Good article describing Li-ion charging.

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