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USB Battery Tab Spot Welder

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I&apos;m building powered running strollers. Those need battery packs. Battery packs need tabs.<br>Thus, a hack is born.<br><br>An ATXMega32U4a accepts USB control requests to configure weld attributes. I haven&apos;t had time or parts to implement a user interface with a dedicated display, and with a framework I wrote a few years ago called USBKit interfacing to manufacturer-specific USB devices is really quick and easy.<br><br>A 3D-printed foot pedal starts a state machine using TCC0 to control a big solid-state relay which switches the mains across a rewound microwave oven transformer. <br><br>In time I&apos;ll post source code and photos.<br><br>See:<br><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://hackaday.io/project/21470-roadrunner-powered-running-stroller">https://hackaday.io/project/21470-roadrunner-powered-running-stroller</a><br>

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Ajay wrote 02/06/2018 at 14:10 point

Have you got anything working yet, I am particularly interested in the spot welder for my 18650's

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