July 23, 2011

LiPo Charger Serial Data Hack

Alan Parekh July 23, 2011 2

If you are dealing with LiPo batteries it is wise to use some commercial built charger since they have some special charging needs which is harder to pull off with a dead simple circuit like we could do with NiCad cells for example. Dane had one of these special charging units but has now hacked it to allow him to stream out the serial data from the unit so he

Contests

Name the Thing Contest – 181

Alan Parekh July 23, 2011 5

The prize this week is a mini tripod to help you get some great pictures of your next project. This contest will run for one week (July 23 – 29, 2011). Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item pictured above. Please do not give the answer in the comments. Send an email to contest @ hackedgadgets.com with “Name the Thing Contest” as the subject,