Caderno Brasileiro de Ensino de Física (May 2017)

An alternative tool for the study of rechargeable batteries via Arduino

  • Luis Carlos Mathias,
  • Paulo Rogério Catarini Silva,
  • Osmar Henrique Moura da Silva

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7941.2017v34n1p310
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 34, no. 1
pp. 310 – 323

Abstract

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Recent technologies tend to invade schools triggering different ways of instructing scientific concepts. Therefore, this work used the Arduino device in an innovative rechargeable batteries analyzer assem15- bly, which also provides a fruitful instruction of the physical-chemical concepts involved. This analyzer realizes batteries charges and discharges, calculating their charge capacity and health state, and the reflections subsidize the interested educator. A cells and batteries research laboratory corroborated the results obtained from an exemplary evaluation of three batteries with different charge capacities.

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