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Adjustable Charge Rate Battery Charger from Op Amp

9 Volt Battery Charger

This circuit uses a potentiometer and an op-amp to make a adjustable Charge Rate constant current source. The voltage drop across R5 is compared against an adustable voltage Wall Warts from R2. The op-amp is wired in an inverting configuration with a Simple 1 gain of 1. The op amp I used was a 741C from Radio Shack. The 741C is rated for 20 mA. I got 20mA from the op-amp for a full 10 hours. I got 25mA for a few minutes, and then the op-amp shut down. The opConstant amp worked fine again after it cooled down. See version 5 on using a Current transistor for more current. Battery
Charger from 2 LED's and a NPN Transistor Resistor Battery Charger

Use star grounding. This means run all grounds to a Battery single physical point. This made a big difference in stability between 9V Charger from the first and second time I breadboarded the circuit. 2 NPN
Transistors

Touching the shaft of the rheostat causes a slight change in output current. This circuit can withstand a short circuit. The Negative battery terminal is not at ground! The op-amp connections to the plus and minus supplies are not shown. R5 is also know as the sense resistor. The voltage across R5 is directly proportional to the charging current. The red led produces a reference voltage of 1.6V.
Vin = 1.6 Gain = 1 Vout = Vin * Gain = 1.6 * 1 = 1.6 Iout = E / R = Vout / R5 = 1.6 / 100 = 0.016 A = 16 mA

Adjustable Charge Rate Battery Charger from Op Amp 0 - 160 mA Adjustable Charge Rate Battery Charger Test Results 741C Cheat Sheet

Make R5 smaller to get more current. I = 1.6 / R5

This circuit works well for dimming leds. (a.k.a. Led Dimmer.)

References

University of Denver Operational Amplifiers -- DC www.du.edu/~etuttle/electron/elect3.htm Shavano Music Introduction to Op-Amps - Part 1 www.colomar.com/Shavano/intro_opamp.html Shavano Music Introduction to Op-Amps - Part 2 www.colomar.com/Shavano/intro_opamp2.html Michael Gellis A Constant Current Source for a Grounded Load using a Single Op-Amp members.tripod.com/michaelgellis/howland.html Elliott Sound Products Audio Design with Opamps sound.westhost.com/dwopa.htm eCircuit Center Opamp Current Source www.ecircuitcenter.com/Circuits/curr_src1/curr_src1.htm Hans Camezind Designing Analog Chips www.designinganalogchips.com/_count/designinganalogchips .pdf

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