A blast from the Elektor archives: this 1998 battery tester uses a simple LED display to reveal a battery’s true condition under load — even below 1 V.

Battery-powered applications have become commonplace over the last decade, and such devices require a certain level of protection to ensure safe usage. The battery management system (BMS) monitors the ...

Helping engineering teams overcome integration, durability, and safety hurdles in harsh environments By Paulius Juskevicius, ...

The importance of proper battery charging. Two main schemes for battery charging. How to design a CCCV battery charger. Test results from the CCCV-based design. Battery-powered electronic devices have ...

Charging systems for electric vehicles (EVs) and hybrid-electric vehicles (HEVs) are, of course, crucial for powering batteries and ultimately having them operate efficiently. They can be divided into ...

The future of batteries, like that of so many of the products they power, is clearly toward smaller, lighter and more powerful models. Developing concurrently with these new battery designs are ...

Like most things, advertised battery capacity is subject to a fair amount of specmanship [1]. The only way to know what you are buying is to test it yourself to determine if the product will meet your ...