Find and Fix Power-Supply Noise Issues When Charging Cells (.PDF Download)

April 11, 2016

During the design phase of a battery-powered product, engineers will need to qualify cells for suitability in the application. This testing often is done with dedicated cell test equipment, but sometimes engineers will turn to standard off-the-shelf power supplies to charge the cells and standard off-the-shelf electronic loads to discharge the cells...

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