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LipoRiderPro
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Contents
1Introduction
2Features
3ApplicationIdeas
4Cautions
5Dimensions
6Specification
7PindefinitionandRating
7.1PinInstructionandLEDStatement
7.2LEDBatteryIndicator
8Usage
8.1Example
8.1.1OutdoorSensorDevicePowerSupply
8.1.2ChargeLithiumPolymerBatterythroughsolarpower
9FAQ
10Support
11VersionTracker
12AdditionalIdea
13Resources
14Howtobuy
15SeeAlso
16Licensing
17ExternalLinks

Introduction
Poweryourfavouriteelectronickitwithgreenenergy!TheLiPoRiderProisapromotionofLipoRider.It
supplyheavierloadoutput(1Apeak)thanLipoRider.TheLiPoRiderProboardallowsyouridethesolar
wavetorunyourfavourite5Vdevice.TheLiPoRiderProboardistheidealgreenpowersolutionforyour
outdoorsensordesign.AttachtheLiPoRiderProboardtoyoursensorboardanditcanrunonsolarpower
forever!Itcanalsobeusedtochargemobilephone.
TheLiPoRiderProisextremelyaffordableandeasytouse.Noprogrammingisrequired.Plugitinandit
works.TheinternalchargerIChandlesallthepowerflowbetweenthevariouscomponents.
Incasesolarpowerisnotsufficient,theminiUSBportallowsyoutochargeyourlithiumbatterythrough
USB.ItcanalsobeusedtoprogramyourkitwithoutdetachingtheLiPoRiderProboard.

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TheLiPoRiderProcanbepurchasedasaseparateboardorasakit(LiPoRiderPro+LithiumBattery+
SolarPanel)fromSeeedStudio(http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/).
Model:POW12059P(http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/liporiderprop992.html?cPath=155)

Features
Maximum1Aloadoutput
BatteryandSolarpanelconnectorisJST2.0
Stable5VUSBpowersupplyregardlessofsource
Charge/Rechargealgorithmsbuiltintochip
ChargeLithiumPolymerBatterythroughsolarpowerorUSB
StablesupplyvoltagethrougheitherlithiumbatteryorUSB
2xUSBportsletyouprogramyourkitwhilechargingyourLithiumbattery
LEDindicationsforbatteryfullorchargingstates
Scalabletomultiplelithiumbatteriesandlarge/multiplesolarpanelsthroughsimpleenduser
modifications
4greenLEDinstructquantityofelectricityoflithiumbattery

ApplicationIdeas
GreenPowerandbackupsupplyfordistributedoutdoorsensornetwork
ChargerforLithiumbatteries
Chargerformobilephone

Cautions
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TheLiPoRiderProhasdifferentconnectorsfromLiPoRiderv1.0,theformerisJST2.0andlatteris
JST2.54.
Liveexposedelectroniccomponents
Theboardmaygethotwhensupplyinglargeloads
Potentialshortcircuitorelectricshock,especiallyifdevicegetswetwhenplacedoutdoorsforsolar
powercollection

Dimensions
ThedimensionsofLiPoRiderProislikethe6ALithiumPolymerBattery
(http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/lithiumionpolymerbatterypack6ap602.html?cPath=178_183)

Specification
Items

Min

Norm

Max

VinSolar

4.8V

5.0V

6.5V(10s)

Icharge(RIset=3.9k)

400mA

500mA

600mA

Iload

0mA

1000mA

Vbatt(Rx=0)

4.2V

VsourceUSB

5.0V

VdestinationUSB

5.0V

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PindefinitionandRating
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PinInstructionandLEDStatement
CHpinlevel(RedLEDstate)

OKpinlevel(GreenLED
state)

Statements

lowlevel(on)

highlevel(off)

Charging

highlevel(off)

lowlevel(laston)

Complete

pulsesignal(flash)

pulsesignal(on)

Thebatteryisn'texist
Twosituations:

highlevel(off)

highlevel(off)

Inputvoltagelowerthangate
voltage
Theinputvoltagelowerthan
batteryvoltage

LEDBatteryIndicator
TheLiPoRiderProhasfourLEDbatteryindicatorslikethecellphone,andyoucanseethebatterypower
byjustpressingthebuttonK2likebelow:

LEDbatteryindicatorparameter

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Numbersoflightingup

Quantityofelectricity

90~100%

60~90%

30~60%

10~30%

0~10%

Usage
Example
OutdoorSensorDevicePowerSupply
OneimportantapplicationoftheLipoRiderProboardisasanaffordablepowersupplyforoutdoorsensors.
Theoutdoorsensordevicewillbepoweredbythelithiumbatterysupplementedbythesolarpanel.Please
notethatitisnotrecommendedtoruntheoutdoorsensorONLYonsolarpower,asthismayvaryduring
thedayandmaycausethesensortoreset/powerdownunexpectedly.Inthiscase,thedeviceisrunningin
USBMode.
Ifafirmwarereprogramfortheoutdoorsensordeviceisrequired,simpleconnecttheminiUSBportto
yourPCwhichwillputthedeviceunderProgramModeasexplainedabove.
Larger/multiplebatteriesand/orsolarpanelscanbeused,butonlywithendusermodifications.

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ChargeLithiumPolymerBatterythroughsolarpower

FAQ
Pleaselistyourquestionhere:

Support
Ifyouhavequestionsorotherbetterdesignideas,youcangotoourforum
(http://www.seeedstudio.com/forum)orwish(http://wish.seeedstudio.com)todiscuss.

VersionTracker
Revision

Descriptions

Date

LipoRiderProv0.9b

Initialpublicrelease

Sept20,2011

AdditionalIdea
TheAdditionalIdeaistheplacetowriteyourprojectideasaboutthisproduct,orotherusagesyou'vefound.
OryoucanwritethemonProjectspage.
GetLiporiderprotochargeIpodorIphone(http://www.seeedstudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?
f=4&t=3575)

Resources
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CN3065DatasheetinPDF(http://www.seeedstudio.com/wiki/images/d/d9/DSECN3065.pdf)
SchematicandLayoutinEagleformat
(http://www.seeedstudio.com/wiki/File:Lipo_Rider_Pro_v0.9b.rar)
Schematicinpdfformat(http://www.seeedstudio.com/wiki/File:LiPo_Rider_Pro_v0.9b.pdf)

Howtobuy
Clickhere(http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/liporiderp710.html?cPath=104_107)tobuyLipoRider,or
otherproducts(http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot)youlike.

SeeAlso
LipoRider
LithiumIonpolymerBatterypack6A(http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/lithiumionpolymer
batterypack6ap602.html?cPath=178_183)

Licensing
ThisdocumentationislicensedundertheCreativeCommonsAttributionShareAlikeLicense3.0
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/bysa/3.0/)SourcecodeandlibrariesarelicensedunderGPL/LGPL
(http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html),seesourcecodefilesfordetails.

ExternalLinks
Linkstoexternalwebpageswhichprovidemoreapplicationideas,documents/datasheetorsoftware
libraries
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