Lipo Battery Charger add-on for blueduino not working

Arduino
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Hi,

I recently bought 2 Blueduinos with 2 Lipo battery charger add-ons. I soldered the Lipo battery charger add-ons to the Blueduinos and plugged in a 3.7V 110mah lipo battery.

I tried to charge the battery (using a 5v, 10W power adapter), but the battery remains less than 3V after more than an hour.

Any advise?

Thanks,
Julian

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could you please take a photo about how do you wire the lipo charger with blueduino?

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Thanks for your reply.

I wired it the same way as the picture on the product page. Here are a couple of pictures:

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Is the red led on when you charge the battery? It should be on when charging.

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Yes, both the red led and green led are on when I charge the battery. Is the green led suppose to light up only when the LiPo is fully charged?

Maybe it is a problem with the LiPo…

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The green led will be on when the battery is full charged. But it’s very strange both LED are on. Do you have any other battery instead?

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Hi aprilpea,
Sorry I realised that the problem lies with the LiPo battery which requires special charging (this one: https://www.sparkfun.com/products/13112).
I tried another LiPo battery and it worked normally.
Thanks!

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By the way, I think it will be helpful to put more information on the lipo add-on product page such as:

  • the charge current (600mah)
  • suitable lipo batteries

Thanks!

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Thank you very much for your information. Glad to know more