Internal battery charge controller?
Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2015 7:26 am
Hi all,
It's been a while since I've been able to play with my crazyflie.
I've been testing different batteries of different sizes on 2 of my drones (Another one I picked up from Radioshack).
Anyways, I've taken apart quite a number of electronics just to get at the batteries.
Since I broke my latest pair of JBL Bluetooth headphones [snapped in half] - it was wise to salvage the battery from them. But I'm having some issues.
I have only a partial model # because the other end was taken off when the adhesive came off the inside of the speaker.
Model: AEC60263(?) looks like more characters
445mAh
1.5465 wh
Now I'm no engineer, but I can definitely tell if I give it any thrust at all the battery goes into panic mode and shuts off. So that's no good...
It charged fine, holds a charge and can idle but I can't take off or get the blades to spin for more than a half second!
Now I know the culprit is obviously the battery's onboard controller - the question is, does the crazyflie have a built-in charge controller if I wire it directly?
If not, what would be a good chip to replace it with?
Note: the tape I used covers where the letters and numbers WERE. They are cut off from the adhesive.
![Image](http://i.imgur.com/RxZ2mHT.jpg)
Also, I soldered the battery directly to the pins because I lost the actual connector on another battery I swapped on it.
![Image](http://i.imgur.com/7Vm40eS.jpg)
Thanks in advance,
Charles
It's been a while since I've been able to play with my crazyflie.
I've been testing different batteries of different sizes on 2 of my drones (Another one I picked up from Radioshack).
Anyways, I've taken apart quite a number of electronics just to get at the batteries.
Since I broke my latest pair of JBL Bluetooth headphones [snapped in half] - it was wise to salvage the battery from them. But I'm having some issues.
I have only a partial model # because the other end was taken off when the adhesive came off the inside of the speaker.
Model: AEC60263(?) looks like more characters
445mAh
1.5465 wh
Now I'm no engineer, but I can definitely tell if I give it any thrust at all the battery goes into panic mode and shuts off. So that's no good...
It charged fine, holds a charge and can idle but I can't take off or get the blades to spin for more than a half second!
Now I know the culprit is obviously the battery's onboard controller - the question is, does the crazyflie have a built-in charge controller if I wire it directly?
If not, what would be a good chip to replace it with?
Note: the tape I used covers where the letters and numbers WERE. They are cut off from the adhesive.
![Image](http://i.imgur.com/RxZ2mHT.jpg)
Also, I soldered the battery directly to the pins because I lost the actual connector on another battery I swapped on it.
![Image](http://i.imgur.com/7Vm40eS.jpg)
Thanks in advance,
Charles