I have designed many small footprint PIC projects (such as, pocket watches and wristwatches) but I cannot make them really portable. To make them portable, I need small power sources. Of course, Coin Cell battery would be the smallest DC source that I can buy. The problem is that a Lithium button cell provides 3 V. which is not enough to drive my projects. I thought about using DC-DC step-up converter to boost 3 V. to 5 V. However, it's a little bit complex to add DC-DC converter to the projects. Moreover, my projects consume a lot of power as they consist of many LEDs, a button battery will not last for a day. So, I stopped my think at that point.
Just recently, I have found a rechargeable coin cell battery at Sparkfun.com. It provides 3.7 V. at 200mAh. I don't know that my projects will work at 3.7 V. or not. But, I want to give it a try. For portability, I want to charge the battery from my computer's USB port. So, I designed a USB coin cell battery + charger breakout board. Like many simple battery charger, I use MAX 1555 as the controller of the charger.
The schematic:
The single sided PCB (40mm x 30mm):
The LED goes off when the battery is fully charged (but the charger is still charging).
Please note that the schematic/PCB are just the design and I haven't made it yet. The parts are ordered and I will update when I complete the hardware.
Sunday, May 17, 2009
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I didn't know this MAX1555. Great info!
P.S.: Actually, I'm building a battery charger (AAA or AA) using LM317 as the current limiter.
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Did you ever get this working?
I just got the parts ready. The experiment will be conducted very soon. Please check back.
Nice project! Did you get this working?
I'm also trying to get a charger to work, but I don't know enough about electronics. Do you know any way to adapt this to charge other types of batteries/other voltages?
Hello how is it going with the project I am making my own little project with a light using 2x 2016 3.6 v coin batteries, and would love a charger my email is jacobsen-eschel.com
Sincerely
Eschel Jacobsen
For really small load, you can use the stepup converter from XP Power.
http://be.farnell.com/xp-power/ie0305s-h/converter-dc-dc-1w-5v/dp/1436115
Does not required any external components !
Hello Friends,
I Read Your blog It have very informative details, it is very useful for me. because I make a project in which use Battery. I also have some details of Lithium ion batteries.
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