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  • čas přidán 29. 06. 2024
  • Which battery operated power supply is best for our project? In this video, I have ten boards for the Raspberry Pi, as well as for Arduino, ESP, and STM32 boards. We will compare their features, find out the differences, and test them. Because of the test results, we will not stop there. We will design our own “SuperPower” branded battery power supply.
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    GitHub: github.com/SensorsIot/SuperPower
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    Info about TP4056: www.tp4056.com/
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    FP6298: www.feeling-tech.com.tw/km-mas...
    CN3065: datasheetspdf.com/pdf-file/12...
    TP5000: pdf.voron.ua/files/pdf/Micros...
    TP5602: www.crossic.com/documents/TP56...
    AP2016: www.zm699.com/Products/10agglm...
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  • @AndreasSpiess
    @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety +38

    Please put your requirements into the project lists (and check before, maybe they are already there): drive.google.com/drive/folders/1f19RF6AQi-4VBvSjyZpHFr3eIGdKw_Vn?usp=sharing
    Useful chips belong here: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1EVSzTGi6zV_2XqgAnM31S37PE2n4OdgO?usp=sharing

    • @aGGreSSiv
      @aGGreSSiv Před 3 lety +1

      It's not cheap, but I think most of what you want is on this board. "SparkFun Battery Babysitter - LiPo Battery Manager" czcams.com/video/u3KjOxiETWU/video.html&feature=emb_logo

    • @chrisw1462
      @chrisw1462 Před 3 lety +1

      @@aGGreSSiv No 5v boost. Fine for some limited applications, but Rapberry Pi and other 5 volt dependent boards will be left out in the cold. Besides, that price without a 5 volt boost supply??? I know Sparkfun is a little pricey, but they need to get a clue.

    • @aGGreSSiv
      @aGGreSSiv Před 3 lety

      @@chrisw1462 After my suggestion, I bought and tested the product myself. the product cannot cut the power at its outlet. Apart from the 5v problem, this seems to be a more serious problem.

    • @pergustafsson740
      @pergustafsson740 Před 3 lety +1

      How is it going? RPi team post regularly but nothing seems happening with the EPS32.

    • @jotmai3630
      @jotmai3630 Před 2 lety +1

      lol love the part where you use your wife as an alarm clock... very funny :)

  • @userou-ig1ze
    @userou-ig1ze Před 3 lety +50

    amazing. Somebody give this guy an award!

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety +8

      Thank you! Help would be more appreciated ;-)

    • @the-matrix-has-you
      @the-matrix-has-you Před 2 lety

      @@AndreasSpiess Hi @Andreas Spiess, have you guys found out the perfect Power Board for all our needs? I see that you have created a Discord Channel. How can I join the Channel? Thank you

  • @frollard
    @frollard Před 3 lety +55

    Having searched similarly - I gave up because every battery module had a deal-breaker as you describe. Joined the github and look forward to seeing what you/we can make!

  • @AB-pb8oo
    @AB-pb8oo Před 3 lety +10

    I love how Andreas, with his huge experience with enterprise IT vendors, subtly teaches a younger generation on how to manage collecting requirements and research available options.

  • @ColinMcCormack
    @ColinMcCormack Před 3 lety +62

    I am loving this already, and we're just at the requirements. Nailed it! Maybe add a power monitor chip.

  • @dennyfox3139
    @dennyfox3139 Před 3 lety +75

    SuperPower! What a great idea for a project! I have struggled with UPS requirements for both Raspberry Pi and ESPxx projects. As you point out, nothing on the market quite does the job. I hope this project takes off like a rocket!

  • @marc6003
    @marc6003 Před 3 lety +11

    Amazing project, thank you for taking the initiative Andreas!

  • @slavsterbater
    @slavsterbater Před 3 lety

    Not only you did a great amount of reasearch and documented it. You also made a video and shared your findings with the rest of the world.
    Thank you very much!

  • @davidtcheki7685
    @davidtcheki7685 Před 3 lety

    Sometimes, great spirits meet them together and when I watch your videos I'm feeling in the right place !
    Thanks a lot for sharing.

  • @AerikForager
    @AerikForager Před 3 lety +4

    I just started consulting power management systems on a project, the timing for this is amazing! :)

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      Maybe you can contribute your knowledge to the project?

  • @c1ph3rpunk
    @c1ph3rpunk Před 2 lety

    I have to say, as I’ve endeavored down this IoT & home automation path there is one channel I keep coming back to for accurate and informative help: yours. I’ll search YT for something and when I see your pic you are now the first one I’ll watch.
    Keep up the most excellent work.

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 2 lety +1

      Thank you for your nice words. The mean a lot to me!

  • @hejasverigeee
    @hejasverigeee Před 3 lety +9

    Yesssss 😎 I would need and buy such a board. Greetings from Stockholm Sweden 🇸🇪 Thank you so much

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety +1

      Nothing to buy for the moment. Maybe some manufacturers watch the channel ;-)

  • @aux789
    @aux789 Před 3 lety +1

    I am a mechanical engineer and will enjoy vicariously learning the design process for electronic devices. Thank you for making this an open project and I'm happy that I am in at the beginning to watch all of the phases.

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      So I hope you can contribute an learn in the project.

  • @ThorstenS-linux
    @ThorstenS-linux Před 3 lety +1

    Thank you, a great project. I have never found the perfect power supply either. I am very excited about the team results.

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety +2

      You are welcome! Maybe you join Discord to participate?

  • @YouGenom
    @YouGenom Před 3 lety

    WOW, this is a must video to watch for DIY projects. Thanks a lot!

  • @PhG1961
    @PhG1961 Před 3 lety +1

    Awesome video and what a fantastic idea/project. Just what I and so many others need. Excellent, you deserve a medal for this !

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      I hope we will get enough working project members...

    • @PhG1961
      @PhG1961 Před 3 lety

      @@AndreasSpiess I think there will be many. At least to start... to persist is a little bit different. I'm a little bit in the hesitation fase...

  • @lawrencerubanka7087
    @lawrencerubanka7087 Před rokem +1

    Thanks again Andreas! I have referred back to this video a number of times and get value from it every time.

  • @davidplush7960
    @davidplush7960 Před 3 lety +5

    Thanks for this - very informative and I'm excited about the SUperBoard.. I've been looking for a "good" power board as you describe for a couple of years. Can't wait to get a SuperPower board. It's crazy that a "good" board doesn't already exist

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      Maybe you check if your requirements are in the lists?

  • @ChrisHalden007
    @ChrisHalden007 Před 3 lety

    Great Idea. Looking forward to see where this is going. Thanks!

  • @makkam7575
    @makkam7575 Před 3 lety

    I am really happy with this amazing step and I hope the designs will stay open source from the community and to the community. Also a collaboration with other youtubers may help in these type of projects(in a form of competitions with teams) .And I hope to see a lot of projects like this in the future.

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety +1

      The "superpower" project will stay open source.

  • @CarolinaCowboys
    @CarolinaCowboys Před 3 lety +1

    I'm looking forward to seeing the completed product!

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      There will probably not be a product. Just drawings to order for everybody.

  • @robertwebster1050
    @robertwebster1050 Před 3 lety

    Excelent: Thank you very much for starting this project. I have joined the Github. I do hope this will be the first of many maker projects you will instigate and inspire!

  • @KarlMiller
    @KarlMiller Před 3 lety

    Creating a project for this is a good idea. Nice work defining the requirements and setting up the discord project. I look forward to checking it out.

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      Just join the discord channel if you want to see the action...

  • @bardenegri21
    @bardenegri21 Před 3 lety

    Really happy about this, been needing and meaning to do the same thing for a while now

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      It will most probably not be only "one" thing. Maybe you check if your needs are covered.

  • @AndreasDelleske
    @AndreasDelleske Před 3 lety +3

    Fantastic. I’m pretty sure I will need that soon., for ESP32. Thanks Andreas.
    This is how engineering is done in the 21th century.

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety +1

      We will see how far we come this time. I decided to steer the project differently than last time when I tried to do it self-organized....
      BTW: Your comment is now no more in the spam section. Very good!

    • @AndreasDelleske
      @AndreasDelleske Před 3 lety

      @@AndreasSpiess Haha thanks - finally I have upgraded to being a resonable and trustworthy netizen :)

  • @Mesyu
    @Mesyu Před 3 lety +24

    Excellent initiative, Swiss power for Super Power boards!

  • @santorcuato
    @santorcuato Před 3 lety

    I will try to be there pushing some part of the project. Very, very nice initiative Andreas.

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      Very good. I still look for a teamlead for the ESP part...

  • @marcohamacher2231
    @marcohamacher2231 Před 3 lety

    Great idea! Can’t wait to get my boards Super-Powered.

  • @daveys
    @daveys Před 2 lety

    What a superb idea! I will look forward to seeing how this turns out.

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 2 lety

      Unfortunately, the projects were interrupted due to supply chain shortages.

    • @daveys
      @daveys Před 2 lety

      @@AndreasSpiess - Not to worry, it’s still a pretty cool piece of work.

  • @michaeldiamond2269
    @michaeldiamond2269 Před 3 lety +1

    Brilliant Idea - to "crowd design" something that's useful to us all. Well done for the initiative. Unfortunately, I don't have the skills to contribute, but I look forward to acquiring the finished product for my modest projects.

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety +1

      We will see where it leads... Maybe a supplier picks up the ideas...

  • @tlamont941
    @tlamont941 Před 3 lety

    Just started watching.
    I have a interest in esp devices and raspberry pi.
    Thanks again for all your work.

  • @ladedk
    @ladedk Před 3 lety

    Absolutely brilliant Andreas!

  • @tlmoller
    @tlmoller Před 3 lety

    Excellent video. As always technical great and presented very interesting. On the surface battery power looks simple. In realy life quite complex and lot os issues you need to take into consideration! So great to see this video.

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      We will see if it is complex or if people just do not have the right use case in mind when they design boards.

  • @jipede
    @jipede Před 3 lety

    Very nice project, thanks Andreas.

  • @hamhumtube
    @hamhumtube Před 3 lety

    Wonderful Idea boss. I am no expert but eagerly waiting for project’s result.

  • @estebanalarcon7340
    @estebanalarcon7340 Před 3 lety

    amazing video good luck with that project!!!

  • @georgegeorgiou5229
    @georgegeorgiou5229 Před 3 lety

    This is great Andreas! We have already tested some of these boards and they can only be used for proof of concept but not real application. We have designed a shield for arduino 1300 (lora) that uses tp4056 and LDO 3.3 v, including solar panel. (it needs redesign to include reset when voltage drops very low). We will be glad to help!

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      Great! I hope you already joined the discord community!

  • @Shelorygod
    @Shelorygod Před 3 lety

    Wonderful video as always!

  •  Před 3 lety

    Great project idea. I stated something similar before the pandemic. I designed a simple board to test different LDOs and boost ICs. This is my first boost circuit, so I wanted to try different inductors.
    This is the perfect incentive to pick up my project.

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      And maybe you share your gained experience in the project?

    •  Před 3 lety +1

      @@AndreasSpiess I joined your discord and posted on the LDO and boost channels

  • @jonjingleheimerschmidt5153

    Hi Guy with the Swiss Accent! Thank you for your outstanding videos; I really, really enjoy watching them and I appreciate your presentation style and sense of humor. Best regards!

  • @joakinsa
    @joakinsa Před 3 lety

    Awesome idea! The INA219 is a very good and popular option for monitoring voltage and also sensing the load.

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      A good chip. But I do not see the use case right now. But maybe you add the requirement met by the chip in the project lists?

  • @jamesmichener7526
    @jamesmichener7526 Před 3 lety +1

    Love it! You are correct, there are many products out there that do not hit the mark, eg over voltage, under voltage, under temperature charge (for LiFePo4), voltage monitoring. Another use case is a solar powered ESP-32 that is physically small and designed for extremely low power idle, no USB interface.. with the ESP32 on board.

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      We have now two main paths: For ESPs (or other 3.3V MCUs) and for Raspberries

  • @markus1963nl
    @markus1963nl Před 3 lety

    Great initiative!

  • @mattsaxey529
    @mattsaxey529 Před 3 lety

    Brilliant idea! I hope this goes well.

  • @chrisw1462
    @chrisw1462 Před 3 lety

    This Is Awesome! Thank you for doing this! See you in Discord!

  • @philrogers1042
    @philrogers1042 Před rokem

    Thank you for starting this project about a month ago I went through a similar journey to keep a raspberry pi going during power failure and found a similar issues as you no board does exactly what we need it’s all compromises. If this works out we may have a great power board

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před rokem

      Unfortunately, this project died long time ago because of supply chain issues :-(

  • @tobie4887
    @tobie4887 Před rokem

    Ngl, your such amazing teacher of Iot, you alway make it easy to understand . ty

  • @v-king936
    @v-king936 Před 3 lety +1

    Very good project idea. Could be a good alternative to commercial boards where there's always just one thing missing to be perfect !

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety +3

      In addition I hope we will get a modular design where you can delete what you do not need before you order the PCB

  • @gymprofessor329
    @gymprofessor329 Před 3 lety

    Component trade study vibes! Love it

  • @VolkerHett
    @VolkerHett Před 3 lety +5

    Love it! Although I won't be of any help in this project. Except maybe as a testing mule and guinea pig, when I can't break it, nobody can :D

  • @cedricpod
    @cedricpod Před 3 lety

    this is another brilliant and informative video
    feature : bluetooth control and monitoring

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety +1

      Thank you. I think, requirements are better posted in discord.

  • @wei48221
    @wei48221 Před 3 lety

    Awesome as always..

  • @PauloOliveira-str
    @PauloOliveira-str Před 3 lety

    Great idea, I'm sure it will be a success!

  • @nicolasrodrigueztorres7047

    Andreas you're the man! And you people are the best team!

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      Thank you! And yes, I like my viewers and how we collaborate.

  • @legender9254
    @legender9254 Před 3 lety

    Great idea! I am looking for such a board as well.

  • @anders21karlsson
    @anders21karlsson Před 3 lety

    Thanx, great video as always!

  • @esteban-
    @esteban- Před 3 lety

    Nice project, best of luck.

  • @RaspberryPiGirls
    @RaspberryPiGirls Před 3 lety

    good one, learn a lot from your video. thank you

  • @skewedmaker
    @skewedmaker Před 3 lety

    I would love a board for each of these applications! Joining the Discord now.

  • @HerbsVintageTech
    @HerbsVintageTech Před 6 měsíci

    Great video! Thanks very much!

  • @3rd_Millennium_Engineering

    This is very fascinating and I hope, once I can get my head around this can participate and add some useful information. In the meantime, I am still having to sit by the sidelines and do some serious learning to catch up to you all.
    The reason I am here is to learn how I can incorporate this technology into my model rockets

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety +1

      Maybe you join Discord to follow the discussions...

    • @3rd_Millennium_Engineering
      @3rd_Millennium_Engineering Před 3 lety

      @@AndreasSpiess, okay, done. But am unsure how to participate. I'll figure it out eventually.

  • @avejst
    @avejst Před 3 lety

    Great project
    Thanks for sharing :-)

  • @darkstar2111
    @darkstar2111 Před 3 lety

    Great idea!

  • @sammyk7024
    @sammyk7024 Před 3 lety

    this is a superb idea!
    there is definitely a niche for this project on the market. I would happily collaborate, if I just had half your skills, Andreas. Unfortunately, I'm just a humble electrician with hobbyist level skills in electronics.
    easy to foresee great success here.
    best of luck!

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety +1

      This is also a way of learning, I think because the topic is not too complex.

  • @Cptnbond
    @Cptnbond Před 3 lety

    Nice project idea.

  • @dffabryr
    @dffabryr Před 3 lety

    I will be happy to be in this initiative Andreas.

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      Just join Discord. They are already working...

  • @msuc5vette
    @msuc5vette Před 3 lety

    Very early in the video I thought “Andreas needs to kick of a board design”. This is awesome, bit thumbs up on kicking this “SuperPower” project off.

  • @ronlee2977
    @ronlee2977 Před 2 lety

    Thank u I needed this

  • @raonibernardes
    @raonibernardes Před 3 lety +9

    Great video!
    Would be very useful to be able to control the “final” battery voltage, keeping it below 4.2 volts can hugely extends battery life.

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety +3

      Good idea. Maybe you add your requirement to the project lists?

    • @olafschermann1592
      @olafschermann1592 Před 3 lety +9

      I totally agree. Charging only to 4.05 or 4.1 V reduces capacity by 10-15% but extends battery life by 10 times! After half a year there is break even, where 100% of the 4.2V degraded battery is equal or lower then 80% of the 4.05V charge cutoff battery. I own a 9 year old lenovo thinkpad with 2h battery life - just by stopping charging at 80%

    • @tec4303
      @tec4303 Před 3 lety +1

      Very good idea!

    • @MMMM2MMMM2MMMM
      @MMMM2MMMM2MMMM Před 2 lety

      Would be great if i could gain acces to the Google drive. I need some safe 18650 UPS to work as backup power.

  • @peanutf8616
    @peanutf8616 Před 3 lety

    Dein Plan gefällt mir :)

  • @mrmx2k
    @mrmx2k Před 3 lety

    Since your LiFePo4 video I got a few bats and recently I decided to make a pcb! So I'm in!

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety +1

      Welcome to the project. There is already a lot of stuff there.

  • @dustinmcdermont699
    @dustinmcdermont699 Před 3 lety

    I cant wait! I want to buy one!

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      The goal is not to sell products. We are Makers...

    • @dustinmcdermont699
      @dustinmcdermont699 Před 3 lety

      @@AndreasSpiess Yes sir! You are correct, open source, open hardware, make the design public domain!
      I think it's ok to sell if you make the files available.
      We may not sell much, but we sure buy a lot ;)

  • @bernarrcoletta7419
    @bernarrcoletta7419 Před 3 lety

    Very interested in this project. I’d be happy to buy some kits when they become available. It should be of some use to the amateur radio community as well.

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      The plan is for the moment that everybody should be able to create and order their own boards. Maybe a manufacturer jumps on the wagon...

  • @whatthefunction9140
    @whatthefunction9140 Před 3 lety

    I need this right now

  • @aressto
    @aressto Před 3 lety

    This is super!
    Im not rly a developer, so im waiting as a consumer for esp32

  • @yahmk3978
    @yahmk3978 Před 3 lety

    Thank you!

  • @JanJeronimus
    @JanJeronimus Před 3 lety

    As always interesting and i hope this will result in some Interesting powerboards. I hope multiple, as i do not believe there will be one board for all use cases. This as some use cases can have conflicting requirements. (E.g. for some use cases weight and size can be verry important.)

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety +1

      I tend for a modular design with a maximum of function blocks and clear interfaces where you can delete the sections you do not need and create your own PCB.

  • @daveholden3935
    @daveholden3935 Před 3 lety

    Excellent video with requirements clearly specified. Failings of existing 'products' usefully detailed. Maybe 'SuperPower' project could have outputs variable by +2 or +4% ?

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      Just add your requirements to the project lists and argue for it...

  • @vincents.3996
    @vincents.3996 Před 3 lety

    This project is very interesting, thank you! When one speaks of battery powered devices, there is one question which should be answered :do we want the device to run the longest possible time when on battery, or do we want the battery to have the longest possible life ? As far as I understand, 4.2 V is a maximum to charge a Li-Ion battery. Li-Ion batteries hate high charges, they degrade much faster when maintained at high charges than not. A perfect ups/power supply should allow to maintain the charge of the battery at a lower voltage, say 4.0V for example in case we want a longer battery life. This raises a new difficulty, as most battery protection chips will cut the charge at 4.2V.

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      Maybe you add your requirement to the list: ( docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oGSQRG4XssmFL4II1EF2akhWRhvSvHqH1uTaYX9znlw/edit?usp=sharing )

  • @mahudson3547
    @mahudson3547 Před 3 lety

    Great idea. Been near this problem and I think first exception is that LCSC don’t have the battery holders!

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      Good to know. But luckily the easiest to solder

  • @stevetobias4890
    @stevetobias4890 Před 3 lety +1

    I love where this is going. I have a few of the single and double 18650 battery boards and think they need to be better designed like you say.

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      We will see what we can get out of the project...

    • @stevetobias4890
      @stevetobias4890 Před 3 lety +1

      @@AndreasSpiess looking forward to it very much. Will you do a follow up video?

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      Not decided yet

  • @AleksKo89
    @AleksKo89 Před 3 lety

    This is cool idea for open source 5V UPS.

  • @SamFugarino
    @SamFugarino Před 2 lety

    Wow, been looking at this kind of thing for a couple days.

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 2 lety

      Unfortunately the project was not finished…

    • @SamFugarino
      @SamFugarino Před 2 lety

      @@AndreasSpiess Do you mean is not or was not? Was not is past tense and suggest that it won't be finished. Still sounds like a great idea. I'm trying to build a rover using ROS2, Realsense, OpenVino, RPi, and Aurdupilot. What you described was something I've been looking for to power the RPi (or other sbc). I know there are a couple solutions available, but I haven't found what I'm looking for yet.

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 2 lety

      @@SamFugarino The team does no more work on the project because they were hit by the supply chain crisis and did not get the parts they needed. Your project sounds very interesting. A lot of work, I assume ;-)

  • @robertmeyer4744
    @robertmeyer4744 Před 3 lety

    completely understand the problems facing with small battery systems. I had to build my own solar battery system for camping. Biggest problem is Li-Ion 3.7V cells. poor cycle life . systems ready for sale all use them. My needs are 12V 5V and USB C PD 65 watt . I went with LiFePO4 4 cell . my own BMS . Found MPPT solar on eBay for LFP 12.8V . put it all in noco battery box from walmart ! working great over 2 years now. LFP batteries have 2000 cycle life at 80% DOD. Is 200 watt solar/100 Ah batt. using car assery 12/24 to USB C PD 65 watt . with meter from eBay it's great ! so simple after bult my girlfriend is happy ! not a success until the outher half is happy ! great job !!

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      You are right, LiFePo are a good choice. Especially for higher power applications

  • @lohikarhu734
    @lohikarhu734 Před 3 lety

    Useful to have an interrupt, or digital line, for battery low, that is active for some time before dropout, or a small supercap to allow graceful shutdown when the battery drops out at low voltage. I had 6+ years of experience in power management for a large manufacturer of "mobile devices", and 3 years of doing application notes on dc/dc converters for "a German Oscilloscope manufacturer"....

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      So your know-how is very valuable. Maybe you join the project?

  • @roysigurdkarlsbakk3842

    This is interesting! Wil check it out :)

  • @UpLateGeek
    @UpLateGeek Před 3 lety

    This seems like such a great project, I just wish I had the time to help out!

    • @jamess1787
      @jamess1787 Před 3 lety

      You do! You stay up late, geek!

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety +2

      I hope we will get enough "power". Then you can watch things happening...

  • @mikeunum
    @mikeunum Před 3 lety

    I'm an engineer for industrial automation, electronics and satelite technics. So i'm in. Really a cool idea at all !

  • @thepinback
    @thepinback Před 3 lety

    Cool idea!I'll join.

  • @DanBowkley
    @DanBowkley Před 3 lety +1

    Currently designing a gizmo that needs charging and 3v3 out; I've sort of settled on the TPS63031 buck/boost (LCSC part C15516) and BQ24073 charger/PMIC (C15220) but I'm always happy to find better ideas. No real monitoring capabilities though.

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      I added your chips to the lists. Maybe you check and correct (TI page is currently down) drive.google.com/drive/folders/1EVSzTGi6zV_2XqgAnM31S37PE2n4OdgO?usp=sharing

  • @richard_wenner
    @richard_wenner Před 3 lety

    Another 'Cruise Missile' of a project homing in on a much needed and beautifully researched and defined application. Glad that it's not just me that discovers the backwaters of Chinese only data sheets. It will be very interesting to see how high this flies. (Give Andreas his due - he even manages to slip in another reference to a non-existent individual).

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      I thought you get the prove of her existence this summer. Unfortunately we had to stay in Switzerland 🇨🇭

    • @richard_wenner
      @richard_wenner Před 3 lety

      @@AndreasSpiess Let's hope that it won't be too long. Very best wishes :)

  • @raguaviva
    @raguaviva Před 3 lety

    pure gold!

  • @Jishnu.Janardhanan
    @Jishnu.Janardhanan Před 3 lety +2

    I have a couple of suggestions.
    1: I think the we don't appreciate lead acid battery enough. I know its bulky, and have low cycle life but I think it is still good for cheap power backup for stationary projects. They are simple, safe, 6v is good for a 5v and 3v3 rails and it is 100% recyclable as far as I know. For me they are locally produced and cheap (

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety +1

      You can try to find other project members for your idea. I am more than willing to add a new channel for this architecture. You decide if you cant it for the Raspberry or for the ESPs.

    • @Jishnu.Janardhanan
      @Jishnu.Janardhanan Před 3 lety

      @@AndreasSpiess That would be helpful. I hope I can find more people interested in the idea. Keep up the good work sir.

  • @drmocm
    @drmocm Před 3 lety

    SuperPower is a great idea. I have not yet found a universal solution especially for projects that are supposed to run for a very long time but only need to be on a short percentage of that time, e.g. a e-ink display for data that comes in regular intervals or sensors for weather data or mailbox etc. A functionality for a timed power on and power off via gpio pin like with a TPL5111 or TPL5110 would also be nice for the SuperPower project.

  • @sebeksd
    @sebeksd Před 3 lety +1

    I had similar problems when searching for ideal solution to power my ESP32 with battery/solar combo. In the end I finally found nice step-up/down module Pololu S7V8F3 that is working great (plus INA219 to measure battery voltage and charge/discharge current). Unfortunately this module is expensive (at least in my region).

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      Thank you for the link. I added the tps63060 to the 3.3 volt regulators

    • @sebeksd
      @sebeksd Před 3 lety

      ​@@AndreasSpiess BTW some of voltage converters (up or up/down) I tested behave strange when battery was LOW (below certain point but higher then discharge protection), for example when sun start to charge batteries converters stayed in "off" (or similar) state and only disconnecting them completely and connecting them again fixed that (but I did not dig into it so maybe it was my fault ?). But important to test this behavior when creating ultimate "UPS" :)

  • @hkitservices
    @hkitservices Před 3 lety

    You have here a Great Idea, I help in whatever I can

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      Just head over to the dfiscord channel. There is plenty of action...

    • @hkitservices
      @hkitservices Před 3 lety

      @@AndreasSpiess Already there :)

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      I search for somebody who reads Chinese to review the datasheets in the parts list of LCSC for useable chips. The list is in the announcement channel

    • @hkitservices
      @hkitservices Před 3 lety

      @@AndreasSpiess I do have a Chinese name, I live in Hong Kong, but I do not read Chinese. If I can find someone who knows the technical vocabulary, I will let you know

  • @McTroyd
    @McTroyd Před 3 lety

    This looks really cool, and might be a good reason to finally fire up a Discord account. Will be following with interest! I have a small drawer full of salvaged 18650s that need jobs.

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety +1

      Discord is not bad for this kind of collaboration.

  • @DanielLopez-kt1xt
    @DanielLopez-kt1xt Před 3 lety

    Nice idea. If you want to be able to carge a 4.2 and 3.6 battery tipe changing just one jumper (or switch), you can take a look at the TP5000 IC, it's a buck charging, up to 9v input (perfect for solar) up to 2A charging. Also, a nice feature would be an intelligent dual function: if the output is 400mA and the battery can charge, at it's current voltage, at 100mA, the carge controller should be able to compare it and still let 500mA go to the battery, since 400 will go directly to the output. If not, each time you have the output on, the cell will be depleted until charging and output current is even, and you will never have the full battery capacity (plus, it will be running charge-discharge cycles depending on the weather, if it's connected to solar power, and the battery will age faster...).

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      Thank you for the tip! I added the chip to the lists in the project

  • @TOMTOM-nh3nl
    @TOMTOM-nh3nl Před 3 lety

    Thank You

  • @kjur18
    @kjur18 Před 3 lety

    I think their reason for putting voltage and current sensor on 5V line instead of battery voltage was not to monitor battery level, but more like to report how much current and power connected device draws, for optimising power usage. And while they could use only current sensing for that they probably wanted it to be more precise.
    Some time ago I made something like that, I used tp4057, mt3608 and fs312f-g and 8205 for protection. Put everything on small pcb, set it at about 9v and put inside small cheap dso150. Works great. As i made a lot of pcb's due to small size of board (I got like 80 of them at jlcpcb at 5$ probably) I use them sometimes to power up other not very power hungry devices. And as it's common with all my designs, I managed to make a mistake when designing and mislabeled output pins.😅

    • @AndreasSpiess
      @AndreasSpiess  Před 3 lety

      I added you chips to the respective lists in the project. Maybe you check and enhance? ( drive.google.com/drive/folders/1EVSzTGi6zV_2XqgAnM31S37PE2n4OdgO?usp=sharing )?