Davide Andrea

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Author of the book "Battery Management Systems for Large Lithium-Ion Battery Packs". Designer of the Lithiumate and Lithiumotive BMS for Elithion. Designer of the Prius and Ford Escape Hybrid PHEV conversions for Hybrids Plus.

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Li-Ion Battery Management Systems

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Li-ion BMS book Resources for Li-ion designers Free utility assigns Part Numbers automatically Elithion Li-ion BMSs

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Battery Management Systems

This timely book provides a solid understanding of battery management systems (BMS) in large Li-Ion battery packs, describing the important technical challenges and exploring the most effective solutions....

Blog Post: Current Limiting Resistors for LEDs

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January 26, 2012

One of the questions that hobbyists ask over and over is how to select the value of a current limiting resistor for an LED. Usually the seat of the pants response is: “Subtract 2 V from the supply voltage and divide by 20 mA.” While many feel that answer is good enough, in reality the resulting…

Blog Post: Utility assigns EE Part Numbers automatically

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December 16, 2011

Allow me to offer you, the user of electronic components and designer of electronic products, a free utility that automatically assigns part numbers to those parts, for use in your BOMs. partnumber.com

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The utility walks you…

Discussions Comment: Can I replace an SCR with a triac or thyristor ?

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December 15, 2011

An SCR IS a thyristor (as is a TRIAC).

Do not replace the SCR with anything but an SCR. The cost of the part ($ 2) is nothing compared to the value of your (and our) time ($ 30 and up) trying to second guess the good engineers that designed your power tool. Use “Digikey(SCR…