Software controlled power supply and battery charger

A method of controlling a power supply using software comprises setting a nominal output level through a waveform controlled by a micro-controller. The method identifies when a device is fully charged, and moves to a keep-alive mode, in which the output level is decreased below the nominal output le...

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Hauptverfasser:	LEE, JENNIFER J, KILGUS, CHRISTOPHER R, BODNAR, ERIC O
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC,OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWERSUPPLY SYSTEMS CALCULATING CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTINGELECTRIC POWER COMPUTING CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUTPOWER CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER COUNTING ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING ELECTRICITY GENERATION PHYSICS SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
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Zusammenfassung:	A method of controlling a power supply using software comprises setting a nominal output level through a waveform controlled by a micro-controller. The method identifies when a device is fully charged, and moves to a keep-alive mode, in which the output level is decreased below the nominal output level when the device is fully charged. The method further provides a failsafe to move the system to the keep-alive mode when the micro-controller is halted, crashed, in an error state.