5V 太陽能充電 USB 穩壓板 LiPo Rider

LiPo Rider 是一個專為 MCU 專案所設計的鋰電池充電管理和升壓電路的電源模組，並具備標準的 USB 輸出介面。採用綠色能源對你喜愛的電子套件充電！LiPo Rider 電路板能夠讓你利用太陽能來驅動你喜愛的 5V 裝置，無須撰寫任何程式！插上它就能動。內部的充電 IC 會處理所有元件之間的電力傳輸。

在太陽能不足的時候，你也可以透過 mini-USB 來對鋰電池充電。而且你不需要拔除 LiPo Rider 電路板，就能夠與你的套件通訊或燒錄程式。

請注意 LiPo Rider 並不能用來向你的 iPhone 或其他智慧型手機充電。如果你要自己建立一套 iPhone 充電器，請參考 LiPo Rider Pro

注意

• 裸露的電子元件
• 電路板高負載時，可能會過熱
• 潛在短路或觸電，特別是當設備放置在室外收集太陽能發電又受潮時
• 不建議用於手機充電，因為可能會過熱

功能

• JST 2.0 connector
• 不論何種電力來源，持續穩定的 5V USB 供電
• 晶片內建充放電演算法
• 透過太陽能或 USB 對鋰電池充電
• 兩個 USB 連接頭，能夠讓妳在充電的同時也能與你的裝置相互通訊
• 具備 LED 燈可以顯示電池充電與飽和狀態
• 物美價廉的簡單設計！
• 可以自行重組並聯多個電池或太陽能板

Application Ideas

• 散佈戶外的感測器網路之綠能與備用電源
• 鋰電池充電器

原廠連結：http://www.seeedstudio.com/wiki/Lipo_Rider_V1.1

Introduction

Power your favourite electronic kit with green energy! The Lipo Rider board allows you ride the solar wave to run your favourite 5V device. The Lipo Rider board is the ideal green power solution for your outdoor sensor design. Attach the Lipo Rider board to your sensor board and it can run on solar power forever!

The LipoRider is extremely affordable and easy to use. No programming is required. Plug it in and it works. The internal charger IC handles all the power flow between the various components.

In case solar power is not sufficient, the microUSB port allows you to charge your lithium battery through USB. It can also be used to program your kit without detaching the Lipo Rider board.

The Lipo Rider can be purchased as a separate board or as a kit (Lipo Rider + Lithium Battery + Solar Panel) from Seeed Studio.

Model:POW115D2P

Features

• Jst 2.0 connector
• Stable 5V USB power supply regardless of source
• Charge/Recharge algorithms built into chip
• Charge Lithium Polymer Battery through solar power or USB
• Stable supply voltage through either lithium battery or USB
• 2 x USB ports let you program your kit while charging your Lithium battery
• LED indications for battery full or charging states
• Simple design means extremely affordable
• Scalable to multiple lithium batteries and large/multiple solar panels through simple end-user modifications

Application Ideas

• Green Power and backup supply for distributed outdoor sensor network
• Charger for Lithium batteries

Cautions

• Live exposed electronic components
• The board may get hot when supplying large loads
• Potential short circuit or electric shock, especially if device gets wet when placed outdoors for solar power collection
• Not recommended for charging mobile phones as module may overheat

Schematic

Block Diagram

Specification

• Small Footprint – Dimensions = L47 × H37.5 × D6.6
• 600mA maximum charging current for Lithium battery
• 350mA maximum supply current from Lithium battery
• Power diodes to prevent back feed from USB device into Lipo battery

Key Specification

Items	Min	Norm	Max
Iin Solar	4.8V	5.0V	6.5V
Icharge (RIset=3.9kΩ)	400mA	500mA	600mA
Isupply	0mA	350mA
Vbatt(Rx=0Ω)	4.2V
Vsource USB	5.0V
Vdestination USB	5.0V

Pin definition and Rating

Pin Instruction and LED Statement

CH pin level(Red LED state)	OK pin level(Green LED state)	Statements
low level(on)	high level(off)	Charging
high level(off)	low level(last on)	Complete
pulse signal(flash)	pulse signal(on)	The battery isn't exist
high level(off)	high level(off)	Two situations : Input voltage lower than gate voltage The input voltage lower than battery voltage

Usage

The Lipo Rider works as a power module to supply a stable 5VDC power for MCU projects. Here is an example to drive 300mA output wave for a power supply:

Hardware Setup

Hardware Components

Solar Panel

The solar panel is connectedto the board via the lower JST connector. Please note that the Solar Charger IC only accepts input voltage inside the 4.8-6.5V range. If the charging LED is not on, it is possibly due to:

1. Lithium Battery Full
2. Solar Panel voltage outside of range (most likely due to insufficient solar power).

In the second case, re-position your solar panel to accept more sunlight if possible. None of the above conditions will prevent the Lipo Rider from providing a steady 5V supply to the USB, unless the battery is flat.

Solar Panel Equations
Solar Panel Output Power = Output current × Supply Voltage
e.g. 1W = Iout× 5V
Iout = 200mA
Therefore, charging for 1 hour will give 200mAh, ignoring losses. For a 1000mAH battery, charging from empty to full will take approximately 5 hours under ideal conditions.

Lithium Battery

The name Lipo Rider suggest that a Lithium Polymer to be used. However, the chemistry of a lithium polymer and a lithium ion battery is sufficient similar for the two battery types to be interchangeably used. In case more than one battery is to be used, connect them in parallel instead of in series, as the charger IC supplies 4.2V.

Slide switch

The slide switch controls the source of the USB 5V power. ON – Charge enabled from lithium battery and/or solar OFF – Charge disabled from lithium battery and/or solar

Source USB Port

The source USB port is a mini USB port which is used as a normal USB port. The source USB port can be used to charge the lithium battery or connected to destination device via the destination USB port.

Destination USB port

The destination USB port is where the destination device is to be connected. Power to the destination device will be supplied by the Lipo Rider board. The supply will be either from solar panel, lithium battery or source USB port.

Power Flow Dierctions under Different connection scenarios

Due to the huge number of combinations, I have only included only the main scenarios:

Standalone Mode

Solar Power charges lithium battery

USB Mode

Solar Power charges lithium battery. Lithium battery supplies destination USB device

Program Mode

Source USB will charge lithium battery and power destination USB device. Data connection will be enabled between source and destination USB devices

Example

Outdoor Sensor Device Power Supply

One important application of the Lipo Rider board is as an affordable power supply for outdoor sensors. The outdoor sensor device will be powered by the lithium battery supplemented by the solar panel. Please note that it is not recommended to run the outdoor sensor ONLY on solar power, as this may vary during the day and may cause the sensor to reset / power down unexpectedly. In this case, the device is running in “USB Mode".

If a firmware reprogram for the outdoor sensor device is required, simple connect the mini USB port to your PC which will put the device under “Program Mode" as explained above.

Larger/multiple batteries and/or solar panels can be used, but only with end-user modifications.

Lipo Rider powering an Arduino Duemilanove (not strict an outdoor sensor in this case as I have not connected any sensor and it is not outdoor, but you get the point )

FAQ

Please list your question here:

Support

If you have questions or other better design ideas, you can go to our forum or wish to discuss.

Version Tracker

Revision	Descriptions	Date	Editor
Lipo Rider V0.9b	Initial public release	Nov 2, 2010	Lafier
Lipo Rider V1.0	Revise release	Jan 11, 2011	Silas Wan
Lipo Rider V1.1	Change the Jst connector from 2.54 to 2.0	Nov 2, 2011	Mike

Resources

• File:Lipo rider v1.1.zip

How to buy

Click here to buy Lipo Rider ,or other products you like.

See Also

Lipo Rider Pro

Licensing

This documentation is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0 Source code and libraries are licensed under GPL/LGPL, see source code files for details.

External Links

Links to external webpages which provide more application ideas, documents/datasheet or software libraries