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Group 2021-01 Status completed
Title XGuard Robotics LiPo charger board
Supervisor Alex Gendron & Christopher Trueman
Description Research and Develop a prototype of a LiPo charger that can interface with a microcontroller. Charger should work for a 3s LiPo of 5000mAh capacity, and charging should be under 1.5 hours for full capacity. Constant current, constant voltage with balanced charging is expected, Charger should be able to communicate with an Arduino Mega microcontroller to transmit battery state of charge, charging current, charging voltage and to start / stop the charging process. All related safety circuitry and procedures must be considered as LiPo batteries are a fire risk. For a larger team : additional serial interface, with plots of battery charging and state of charge, to use with a computer is a nice to have but not a requirement.
Requirement -Power (Elec 331, 431) -Batteries (LiPo) and charging -Embedded Programming -PCB Design
Tools All the necessary tools and equipment will be provided by the company if students wish to work at the office. Lab equipment provided by Concordia should be sufficient, but any additional material will be provided. Students are assumed to have access to a personal laptop and CAD software for design.
Number of Students 6
Students Dan Yvan Toualeu Djeukam, Luca Tomassi, Muath Ratemi, Laura Bergeron, Xuebin Tian, Vladislav Voznista
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