what charger are you working on there? Looks like a hobbyking ECO-6 or equivalent? _________________ <Patrician|Away> what does your robot do, sam
<bovril> it collects data about the surrounding environment, then discards it and drives into walls
Yep it is a HK 6 or something. The $17 one AFAIK the all look pretty well exactly the same inside. I have pulled apart 3 so far. Few component differences but there is pretty much the same
I got 30min to look at this lastnight. (So damn busy) and I think was trying to write to the LCD but not sure what I was doing wrong. It was a library I found on the net so may have to write my own.
Hopefully get a bit of progress tonight if I happen to get some spare time.
I couldn't help myself. _________________ Steven Martin
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Wed Jan 25, 2012 7:51 pm
timmeh Experienced Roboteer
Joined: 20 Jul 2004
Posts: 2523
Location: Victoria
Interesting.
I have been looking for a simple connect battery lead and balance plug then press start and walk away charger for a while now for life batteries.
Once my work project is up and going i need a dummy mans charger for the battery so people can use it with no life experience lol "pun"
Found one charger which you press start then looks like you press start a few more times to up the amps but might still be a bit much for some people lol. _________________ Tim Team Reaper.
Sat Jan 28, 2012 6:45 pm
Andrew W
Joined: 01 Jun 2005
Posts: 220
Location: Melbourne, Victoria
I've got a LiFe charger that you just leave on and plug the battery in and it starts charging it, no buttons to press, just connecting the battery starts it charging. It has got variable current (using a pot) and auto detects the number of cells. It doesn't balance though.
I bought it a few years ago from Robot Marketplace, but they don't sell it anymore. The manufacturer still sells it from their online site (Astroflight).
Joined: 20 Jul 2004
Posts: 2523
Location: Victoria
Is is possible to re program a lipo charger to charge lifepo4?
On the same not is it possible to reprogram a lifepo4 charger a basic one button charger so that its permanently set to lifepo4 the correct cell count and max amps so its plug and play no selecting options. _________________ Tim Team Reaper.
Well it is already a LiFe charger. And yes that is the idea. Long way from the theory to actually execution. Shit keeps getting in the way haven't had time to play with this at all in last few weeks.
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