Hi Dwayne, I'm about to start looking for the same sort of thing. The prime candidate at the moment is the Texas bq24080. Its a DRC package however, so may not suit you on that basis. Richard On 18 October 2013 10:24, Dwayne Reid wrote: > Good day to all. > > I've just been handed a project to re-do. It currently uses an > On-Semi NCP1835 Li-Ion battery charge chip in a DFN package. It > looks as if the chip is now obsolete (On-Semi says that the last ship > date was last year). > > They are currently using a single-cell cell-phone battery pack > (Li-Po) rather than Li-Ion but I assume that the charging profiles > are similar, if not identical. > > I'm looking for a similar charge chip. Battery capacity will be > somewhere between 1000 MaHr to 3000 MaHr - probably in the 1000 MaHr rang= e. > > Although there now appears to be hundreds of chips to choose from, > I'm seeking a recommendation for one that is both easily sourced as > well as being easy to solder (soic, SC-70, etc. I'd prefer not to > deal with DFN package and really don't want to mess with a BGA device. > > I have no idea how far this project will go - volume could be as low > as a few prototypes all the way up to several hundred units. > > All suggestions greatly appreciated. > > Many thanks! > > dwayne > > -- > Dwayne Reid > Trinity Electronics Systems Ltd Edmonton, AB, CANADA > (780) 489-3199 voice (780) 487-6397 fax > www.trinity-electronics.com > Custom Electronics Design and Manufacturing > > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .