Table of Contents
Abstract
Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
List of Abbreviations
1 Introduction
1.1 Research background
1.2 Sulfation
1.1.1 Battery discharge
1.1.2 Improper charging
1.3 Research Objective
2 Methodology
2.1 The charging management system
2.2 The improved design
2.3 CC prompting
3 System Description
3.1 The complete charge cycle
3.2 System overview
3.3 XC888 Microcontroller
3.4 Serial Peripheral Interface
3.5 Monitor circuit schematic
3.6 Power supply
3.7 User interface
3.8 Laboratory prototype
3.9 The case and data cable
3.10 Data file format
3.11 C monitor program for the XC888
4 Experimental Results
4.1 Flooded lead acid batteries
4.2 The charger
4.3 The load
4.4 Program output examples
5 Conclusions and Future Work
References
A List of the Parts
B XC888 C Source Code
