Tag: Battery
Self-charging ‘thousand-year’ battery completes lab tests
Green energy startup NDB, which is developing a high-power self-charging diamond-based alpha, beta, and neutron voltaic battery that it claims provides up to thousands of years of charge, has announced the completion of two successful Proofs of Concept tests of its nano diamond battery...
Continue ReadingEconomical atomic battery offers increased power, reduced size
Scientists at the National University of Science and Technology MISiS (Moscow, Russia) say they have developed a compact atomic battery that can last up to 20 years. by Rich Pell @ smart2zero.com Based on an original patented microchannel 3D structure of a nickel beta-voltaic element,...
Continue ReadingBattLab-One Replace Your Battery, And Monitors Your Battery Life
One of the problems developers in the world of IoT devices experience when building battery-powered devices over time is the process of measuring and estimating battery life, which can be very tedious. The process is tedious and cumbersome, with multiple test equipment arrangements to...
Continue ReadingNGK develops high heat resistance lithium-ion battery achieving an operating temperature of up to 105°C
The new battery is scheduled for mass production in September 2020, with potential applications primarily in automotive and industrial IoT devices. NGK INSULATORS, LTD. (hereinafter "NGK") has successfully raised the maximum operating temperature of its coin-type "EnerCera Coin"...
Continue ReadingCalculate Size of Solar Panel, Battery Bank and Inverter (MS Excel Spreadsheet)
Design of solar panel/battery bank and inverter using this Excel Sheet. This MS Excel spreadsheet calculates the following: Total Demand Load Size of Solar Panel Select Type of Connection of Solar Panel Select Rating of Each Solar Panel Energy from Solar Panel as...
Continue ReadingRechargeable 100-µAh batteries come in pint-sized SMD format
TDK Corporation presents a new packing unit for CeraCharge, the world’s first SMD technology solid-state rechargeable battery, in the compact size EIA 1812 (4.4 x 3.0 x 1.1 mm3). The packing unit (B73180A0101M199) includes 10 blister-packed CeraCharge batteries that come in a...
Continue ReadingBattery Management IC with UART Interface for Sensing and Cell Balancing
Infineon Technologies AG has expanded its product offering for Battery Management System (BMS) with the TLE9012AQU a new sensing and balancing IC that is designed for batteries in hybrid and electric cars and other applications. It can measure the voltage in up to twelve battery cells...
Continue ReadingTTGO ESP32-S2 WiFi IoT Board offers an Optional MicroSD Card with a Battery Support
For a while now, most popular ESP32-S2 boards available in the market are produced by Espressif Systems. This includes the ESP32-S2-Saola-1 and ESP32-S2-Kaluga-1. However, there is a new LilyGO TTGO ESP32-S2 board for sale. This micro board is much the same to the ESP32-S2-Saola-1...
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