The Battery Pal Delivers Phone-Like Battery Charging, Monitoring, and Regulation to DIY Projects
PN Labs has opened crowdfunding for a gadget designed to make the battery powering your next portable project as smart as the one that powers your phone: the Battery Pal three-in-one power module.
"Getting a battery to charge is easy. Getting it to behave the way it does in your phone is a lot more work, and that's the gap Battery Pal closes," PN Labs cofounder Ethan Johnston, who runs the startup alongside Nick Kowalski, tells us of his company's creation. "Your phone tells you whether it has five minutes left or five hours. It charges from whatever USB [Type]-C charger is nearby, keeps running while it's plugged in, and won't charge a battery that's too hot. A basic charger board does none of that. It can't tell you how much charge is left, and it dims your LEDs like a dying flashlight as the cell drains."
The Battery Pal,...
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