Hi friends, I need to use a 12V SLAB for backup purposes in a design. Normally this design is powered but on very rare cases power can be out for 1 hour max during which the slab should supply power. It can take months between these power outages. I need s simple (hopefully) circuit to keep the slab fully charged. With the long time between outages fast charging is not needed its OK if its take a week to charge the battery again after a power outage. How would the ***simplest possible*** working charger for a scenario like this look like? I have 12V regulated. I have a PIC so I can measure current and voltage and temperature and do PWM. I also have some space left for a charger.... Ideas? Cheers /Ake -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist