Solar harvesting into Li-ion battery

A highly efficient solar powered Li-ion charger with two regulated outputs.

The AEMLION is a 0.8×0.6 inch (20x15mm) PCB with the AEM10941 Solar Harvesting IC from E-peas. It efficiently converts solar energy into Li–ion battery charge, it even works with indoor light. It features 3.3V and 1.8V regulated outputs that are enabled when the battery has useful charge and a low battery warning that informs the user of impending shutdown when the battery runs low. It easily integrates into other projects because of small size, castellated via’s, and when soldered onto 0.1″ pitch header it fits in a breadboard.

I designed it because I took part in the HackadayPrize2018 Power Harvesting challenge with a 1×1 inch Tiny Solar Energy Module and found a lot of interest in selling it. However since most projects have different power demands and people want to choose their own solar panel, I decided to remove the onboard solar cells.

This board is special because it integrates maximum power tracking, Li-ion battery charging and two regulates outputs in a tiny and easy to integrate board. There’s is no other board with so little passive components.

References

• Harness Solar Energy to Recharge Li-Ion Batteries with AEMLION
• Solar harvesting into Li-ion battery
• Hackaday.io page

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