Robert Young wrote:
> While I don't have any data on my hard drive, I can collect the data
> (charge and discharge) curves using my CBA (Computerized Battery
> Analyzer) from West Mountain Radio
> (http://westmountainradio.com/CBA.htm).  Not terribly expensive piece of
> equipment and very useful for characterizing batteries and charging
> circuits.

Looks like a neat bit of kit. I was going to build something similar, but 
simpler. Basically a voltage/current logger with an RS232 interface. The 
problem was I wanted a floating input, which isn't exactly hard to do, just a 
bit expensive.

> Right now all I have handy are some 6 cell NIMH packs and a "low"
> current charge design (charger pushes maximum of 750mA, battery packs
> are rated at 2000mAhr) so it doesn't charge terribly quickly.

Like I said, I'm not in a mad rush. The voltage reference ICs arrived this 
morning (Maxim MAX6034AEXR41-T; 4.096V in an SC70 package) so I'm going to try 
and hack together a constant-current pulse charger in a bit. Hopefully I'll be 
able to get some decent test data out of that, assuming I can find a 
discharged NiMH AA in my "Big Box O' Batteries".

Thanks.
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