A previously-published Design Idea outlined a polarity protection circuit that provides the correct connection of the battery to a load regardless of the battery’s orientation in its holder. The ...

Reverse polarity is one of the most common causes of circuit failure, from hobby projects to industrial systems. The good ...

Battery-charger-control designers face a fundamental choice: to use a part from the rich selection of dedicated charge-control ICs available from many vendors or to use a programmable microcontroller.

Energy storage used to feel like a background thing. Now it doesn’t. Batteries are right in the middle of how modern systems work. You’ll see batteries in elect ...

When the battery voltage falls below the lockout threshold, the circuit monitors the voltage of a Li-Ion battery and disconnects the load to prevent deep discharge. A vehicle that runs on batteries ...

There are two separate circuits when it comes to motors and motor control. The main power circuit is what supplies the power ...