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New App Note: Multiple Chemistry Battery Charger Solution Using MCP1631HV PIC Attach PWM Controller

This Application Note covers the recharging of Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH), Nickel Cadmium (NiCd), and Lithium Ion (Li-Ion) batteries. It will also cover the recommended charge profiles for the NiMH/NiCd and Li-Ion battery chemistries.

Free Battery Life Estimator

From http://www.microchip.com/stellent/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=2680&dDocName=en545243

Looking for a tool to estimate the battery life for your embedded application? Download the XLP Battery Life Estimator software utility today!

The XLP Battery Life Estimator is a free software utility to aid you in developing eXtreme Low Power applications with Microchip’s PIC MCUs featuring XLP technology. The tool estimates average current consumption and battery life. The utility allows users to select the target device, battery type, the application’s operating conditions (such as voltage and temperature) and finally model the active and power-down times for their applications. The tool comes pre-loaded with specifications of Microchip’s PIC MCUs featuring nanoWatt XLP technology and commonly used batteries in embedded applications. Users can also create additional profiles for a custom battery of their choice, if necessary.

XLP Battery Life Estimator Beta version Features
● Profile your application RUN & SLEEP time (duty cycle)
● Select operating temperature and operating voltage
● Pre-loaded with electrical specifications of all PIC® MCUs featuring XLP technology 
● Pre-loaded with most common battery specifications
● Customizable to allow you to add other battery and peripheral device profiles and specifications

Coin-Cell-Powered Embedded Design - Free Ebook Download

From: http://www.qwikandlow.com/

As embedded microcontrollers reach into all corners of modern life, many applications can benefit from coin-cell battery power. Some benefits are reduced product size and cost, enhanced design simplicity, portability, and electrical isolation. Microchip Technology, the number one supplier of 8-bit microcontrollers in the world, is using their nanoWatt Technology features to achieve these benefits.This book explores how these features impact the design process. It employs the Qwik&Low board shown on the cover as the learning vehicle for the reader. The board is available as Microchip Technology’s Part No. DM183034. For purchase information, see http://www.qwikandlow.com/purchase/ This book introduces the reader to code writing for a microcontroller via a series of template files and using Microchip’s free version of their C compiler for their PIC18 family of microcontrollers. Free supporting tools are available at the author’s website, http://www.qwikandlow.com, including QwikBug, a debugging user interface for downloading code to the Qwik&Low board, running that code, and debugging it using a serial PC connection (via either a serial cable or a USB-to-serial adapter).About the author: John Peatman, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, is the author of six earlier textbooks (two from Prentice Hall and four from McGraw-Hill).

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