Anyone know of a good book on designing and understanding Battery chargers?

[ve1nhb]

I know some of the theory. But I want to include rechargeable batteries in my projects and I want to learn to design my own.


Nelson (ve1nhb)

[free_electron]

to build a charger you need to understand the battery. start there.

[anda3243]

I find this datasheet very informative. One little chip, and your battery is being charged.

https://www.analog.com/media/en/technical-documentation/data-sheets/405442xf.pdf

Overvoltage, overdischarge and overcurrent protection circuit is often included with the battery. But can be managed with the 2 attached chips.

[fordem]

Overvoltage, overdischarge and overcurrent protection circuit is often included with the battery. But can be managed with the 2 attached chips.

This is not true for all batteries - I have yet to see it on lead acid, Nicad or NiMH - or on single Lithium ion cells, yes it's common on lithium batteries that have been assembled into packs.

[Terry Bites]

I doubt there is a book as such.  I'd be reading app notes and referrence designs from TI, AD, MICROCHIP, NXP, ONSEMI... eg https://www.maximintegrated.com/en/design/technical-documents/tutorials/4/4803.html
Remember that batteries can be dangerous if mishandled or electrically mistreated.

[tooki]

I doubt there is a book as such.

Of course there are. A cursory search on Amazon finds numerous candidates.

With that said, all of the needed hands-on info can easily be found from the sources you mention, without forking out big bucks for a textbook.

[ve1nhb]

That is the problem,  there are lots of books. But I can figure switch ones are good or bad without buying them and reading them.
I can build a basic circuit but I don't want to poke at something. I would rather learn from the ground up and play/build as I learn.

The whole idea is to have fun learning it.