Now this voltage is greater than the fixed reference voltage 4.5 for 100% of the battery charge. Now when the battery voltage is 13.5 then the input voltage of the opamp will be
Now lets consider the four levels of voltage we obtained from the datasheet. Next we have set up a voltage divider made up of R7 and R9 to measure the battery voltage and feed it to the “-” input of all the Opamps. We have now fixed the reference voltage for the Opamp’s U1:A to U1:D for 100% to 25% charge indication. Repeating the above procedure gives 3.9V for 50% to U1:C and 3.6V for 25% to U1:D. Vout = (R4+R5+R6) * Vin / (R2+R3+R4+R5+R6)Ĥ.2V is the reference voltage to the Opamp U1:B which is for 75% of battery charge indication. For fixing 75% of battery charge the voltage divider equation takes the form So the voltage reference for 100% of battery charge is fixed as 4.5V. The calculation for fixing the reference voltage for U1:A as follows The voltage obtained from these dividers in turn feeds the reference voltage to the individual Opamp U1:A,U1:B…U1:D. In order to fix the reference voltage for these charge levels a simple voltage divider is constructed using the resistors R2,R3,R4,R5 and R6. The next step is to fix the reference voltage for each charge levels 100%,75%,50% and 25%. Using the status of the LED’s the charge level of the battery is determined. We have used U1:A with Blue LED for 100% indication, U1:B with Green for 75%, U1:C with Yellow for 50% and U1:D with Red for 25% of charge level.
#Lipo battery monitor circuit Activator#
Thus we obtained a output voltage of about regulated 5.1V from the battery.Ĭircuits Library - 220+ practical circuitsĪ quad Opamp IC LM324 was used as an comparator or activator for the charge indication LED’s.
#Lipo battery monitor circuit series#
Once it is connected a 1N4733A a 5.1V, 1W Zener diode is used to regulate the voltage along with a series resistor R1 which controls the current flow through zener. Initially connect the battery for charge testing to the circuit. For easier understanding let’s analyze the circuit in a step by step manner. The Voltage measured to the corresponding charge levels forms very important reference to the above circuit. You can find these details in the datasheet of the manufacturer, almost all 12V batteries carries the same properties but datasheet is always worth looking for. Now for a typical 12V battery the voltage at various charge levels will be Voltage measured I am going to take a 12V Li battery and keeping it as an example, the design the battery charge indicator circuit is explained below. Let’s design a simple circuit to know the percentage of charge in a battery. Failure to that may cause the battery dead, so now you would’ve known that knowing the charge in the battery is very necessary to keep the battery alive. Li batteries should be used in such a way that always 20% of the battery’s charge is left before recharging it. Li batteries proves to be very useful source of power but for long lasting performance you need to look on to key parameters carefully. In fact you can build one with minimal components and little sweat. But its not necessary you have to buy one of these modules to use your Li battery in a effective way. These kind of indicators generally measures the voltage in the battery and indicate the charge by turning up any appropriate LED’s. Battery charge indicator circuits are very useful modules for efficient use of the Li batteries.
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