Hi Dwayne

I=B4m also about to design a (small) lithium cell and charger system.
(as a part a small thingy)
See ongoing thread "Looking for Lithium cells"

I=B4m not yet at defining the charger, but there are plenty controller chips=
 available from different manufacturers, from simple onecell charger that=
 pulse on/off from a wall trafo, to much more advanced.

I=B4ve seen Maxim, Linear technology, National Semiconductor...
you could maybe also try Philips, ST...

Maybe we could also integrate it in out PIC, if we can guarantee=
 reliability.

But the biggest problem is getting hold of the cells.
Where do you get yours from?  Type and size?

I feel we can cooperate on this somehow  :)

/Morgan


Tack f=F6r ditt meddelande 22:54 2002-08-28 enligt nedan:
>Good day to all.
>
>I am taking over a project which uses a 2 cell Li-ion battery.  The
>existing battery charger looks like a lawsuit waiting to happen: no cell
>equalization, no voltage limit.
>
>Does anyone have a favorite charging circuit or a preferred chip / chip set
>that works well for them?  I could roll my own but figured that I'd tap the
>collective experience of list members first.
>
>Many thanks!
>
>dwayne
>
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