> No, because the charger will create multiple distinct voltages for the
> various connections. For example, in a four-cell series lithium polymer
> battery pack, at top charge each cell will be somewhere around (very
> roughly, from memory) 4.125V. To charge all four cells through the
> balancing connector, the charger will create supplies of 4.125, 8.25,
> 12.375, and 16.5V, which it will apply to the four nodes (with
> appropriate modification for proper charge cycle management). Each cell
> will then see 4.125V across it, with each cell floating 4.125V higher
> than the cell below.

I'm just looking at making a series string charger whose job is to
charge all cells fully.
These are NimH and utterly precise end point is not needed.
I'm looking at putting a shunt across each cell that accepts current
when cell voltage gets to a certain level.
If a constant current source is used to drive the string the shunt
could be a simple voltage sink or could toggle to a short circuit
across the cell when endpoint is reached, provided each  cell is fed
by a diode from the charging string.

With a shorting version you monitor the string voltage at constant
current and when it reaches ~=3D 0 you know that all cells are charged.


           Russell
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