On 10/19/2011 12:59 PM, Jim Higgins wrote:
> Received from Mark Hanchey at 10/19/11 01:03 UTC:
>
>> e talking about NiMH. What voltage threshold did you use?
>> I used 1.28 for the voltage under load with a 100ohm resistor switched
>> through a FET.
>> The method of charging is called burp charging, there is a NASA paper on
>> it where they use very short
>> charge and rest periods , only ms long.
>> http://dnd.hu/letoltes/AdvanceTec_whitepaper.pdf
>>
>> It works well and the batteries don't wear out as often.
>> Mark
>
> This isn't a NASA paper.  It's promotional literature from the manufactur=
er
> of the burp charger.

I know . The NASA paper isn't available online but the information they=20
give in their whitepaper for the advancetec charger is almost the same=20
as the NASA docs and illustrates what I was referring to in the charger=20
design.  The NASA docs are available from NASA for a small fee.


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