[chbot] 18650 capacity measurements

[Andrew Errington]

I have often wanted to build one of these:
http://www.stefanv.com/electronics/battman2.html

No good unless you can find a PC with a printer port on it, but maybe the
design could be refreshed.

Best wishes,

Andrew

On Oct 26, 2016 8:05 AM, "Volker Kuhlmann" <list0570 at paradise.net.nz> wrote:

> (Different topic, different thread, please keep it that way.)
>
> For keeping an eye on the performance of 18650 lithium cells it's kind
> of required to be able to tell their capacity, for charging, and in a
> discharge test. I have a lacrosse that does that (mostly) for AAs, but
> there doesn't seem to be an intelligent charger for 18650 on the market
> (those nitecore D2, D4 define intelligence as displaying actual
> voltage/current while charging - looks sexy but isn't actually that
> useful).
>
> What do people do for this? Rigging something myself is possible but
> actually rather difficult to do well.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Volker
>
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