Posts Tagged ‘LM317’



Lithium Ion – Lithium Poly Charger by LM317

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

The above circuit will charge any 2-cell * Li-Ion battery pack. Maximum current is about 650 milliamps. The circuit is designed for batteries of 900mah or higher. Note this circuit is NOT for Li-Metal batts (i.e. Duralites). Power source can be a 12v Gell cell (Power panel), or can be powered by a car’s cigarette [...]

USB iPOD Charger by REG1117A

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

The circuit’s pretty simple, basicly it’s just a voltage regulator. Both the LM317 and the REG1117A (LDO) fit the PCB, maybe there are even more types that I’m aware of that can be used on it. I did add one extra thing: a LED that shows if the connected device is consuming power. To do [...]

Bread Board Power Supply by LM317

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

uCHobby’s first electronics kit is a handy breadboard power supply. The power supply design is simple but just what I needed for my electronics projects. I have seen several similar power supply boards but none had all the features I wanted. This design was also a good first project to help me learn about Kicad. [...]