Designing a Li-Ion Battery Gauge with the LM3914 - EEVblog #204
How to design, prototype and test a two cell 18650 Lithium Ion battery pack level gauge using the classic LM3914 dot/bargraph display driver chip.
A favorite from Dave's youth!
Dave gives you all you need to know to implement a simple expanded scale voltmeter with the LM3914, without adjustment pots to tweak.
This one works from 6V to 8.4V - the usable capacity of a two 2 cell 4.2V Li-Ion batttery pack.
PART 1 is HERE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIGjActDeoM
Part 2 of Dave's Open Hardware constant current linear regulated lab power supply design. An in-depth look at the LT3080 datasheet, the LM334 current source, and a few more circuit tweaks before it's ready to build in the next episode to see if it works!
Teardown Tuesday
What's inside the world's worst and shittiest camcorder that costs a whopping $7.50 on Amazon?
The Global New Beginnings DV-136ZB 1.5" 3.1 MP Digital Video Camera
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NOTE: This is a new version in 1080 50p
The founder and CEO of Ness Corporation Naz Circosta takes us on a personal tour of the companies impressive worlds class surface mount and through hole manufacturing facility where they produce hundreds of different Ness security and automation products.
It's no every day the CEO of a major company has the technical knowledge to take you on such a tour of their own production facilities!
He shows the Yamaha SMD/SMT pick and place machines, solder stencil paste machine, flying probe testers, optical vision inspection equipment, custom test jigs, and plastic ultrasonic welding machines. And also talks about buying a $1M Objet 3D printer, and the advantages of genuine high quality Fresnel lenses vs cheap generic ones in PIR sensor performance.
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Dave updates the EEVblog lab benches with a continuous 6.3 m roll of dual layer rubber ESD matting.
http://www.oritech.com.au/categories.aspx?categoryID=332&name=ESD-Matting
And a first glimpse of the Tagarno MAGNUS FHD ZIP USB 3 60fps Full HD Video Microscope
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And special guest appearance by Sagan
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Dave explains the Dickson Doubler building block circuit. a.k.a diode charge pump.
Use a spare microcontroller pin, some diodes, and capacitors to create a useful voltage doubler or voltage multiplier.
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