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Echo G posted a blog post
We are building an open protocol smart charger for lithium batteries. BatCha can charge BATMON enabled batteries without have to set the parameters for each battery. BatCha is WiFi enabled and monitors the charge against over-temperature,…
Aug 25, 2021
Echo G posted a blog post
Lithium ion batteries have a higher energy capacity than Lithium Polymer packs, in general. Higher capacity lithium ion packs can be designed if the current draw of the drones are known. We have built a web utility to find the right chemistry of…
May 12, 2021
Echo G posted a blog post
BatMon v4 released One of the main challenges faced with BatMon was the installation overhead. Installing BatMon v3 took over an hour on a new battery pack. Second challenge was the cost overhead of a BMS system on each battery. We have reduced…
Jan 22, 2021
Echo G posted a blog post
You can now buy BatMon enabled smart batteries off the website, saving you the engineering time for assembling your own. BatMon enabled batteries can talk with Ardupilot, Pixhawk, Arduino and ROS. BatMon enables safe and robust operation of robot…
Dec 4, 2020
Echo G posted a blog post
We built BatMon for making smart batteries. BatMon can now talk with Ardupilot, Pixhawk, and ROS and enables safe and robust operation of robot using smart batteries. But there is a missing piece, a smart charger that can safely charge batteries…
Nov 30, 2020
Echo G posted a blog post
BatMon is a module that connects to you batteries to "smartify" them. BatMon reads the cell voltage, current and relays it to autopilot or the onboard computers. We made a quite a bit of improvements in the latest v3 devkit. The most important is…
Oct 26, 2020
Echo G commented on Echo G's blog post Batmon: Pixhawk compatible, in-flight battery monitors with LED display
"We have launched the online store for batmon at rotoye.com now"
Apr 21, 2020
Echo G replied to Hamilton From Above's discussion We Need a "Smart Battery"
"You can check out BatMon at http://rotoye.com/"
Apr 21, 2020
Echo G commented on Echo G's blog post EDIT: Get assembled smart batteries on Kickstarter Campaign
Feb 12, 2020
Echo G posted a blog post
UPDATEWe have some good news. A battery manufacturer Titan Power is working with BatMon kickstarter backers to assemble BatMon into Lithium Ion batteries for free! Backers also get a 5% discount on Titan batteries upto $1000 purchase. Now, you can…
Jan 22, 2020
Echo G commented on Echo G's blog post The Dumb-Battery Era is Over
"Batmons do not have an electronic safety cutoff. It relies on the autopilot to make the decision to land/cutoff power based on the state-of-charge data provided by Batmon"
Oct 6, 2019
Echo G posted a blog post
Designing electric multicopters for a specific flight time is a complex multidisciplinary optimization problem. This short blog post is some of my thoughts on how to think about this problem. Obviously, there so many different ways of doing this and…
Oct 2, 2019
Echo G commented on Echo G's blog post The Dumb-Battery Era is Over
"You can PM me for ordering a battery. "
Oct 1, 2019
Echo G commented on Echo G's blog post The Dumb-Battery Era is Over
"Its an XT90 variant"
Sep 30, 2019
Echo G commented on Echo G's blog post The Dumb-Battery Era is Over
"We've not had issues with I2C"
Sep 28, 2019
Echo G commented on Echo G's blog post The Dumb-Battery Era is Over
"Hi Thomas,

We have the "smart battery monitor" developed already
Battery alarms aren't good enough enough for accurate battery estimate"
Sep 25, 2019
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