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Charging USB-C PD supported laptop from battery bank

Is there a way that I can change my USB-C PD supported laptop with battery bank? I have 3.7V 25000 mAH batteries bank. 5X (3.7V, 5000 mAH) batteries are connected in parallel. What sort of circuit ...
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2-S or 3-S USB type-c PD LiPo battery charger

I am trying to implement a 2-S or 3-S USB type-c Power Delivery (USB-C PD) battery charger. I am using this video of reference which uses a 16pin female usb type-c connector (part: TYPE-C-31-M-12) and ...
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Checking voltage of battery with a USB connector

I soldered two wires on female USB type A pins,one wire to ground and the other to the VCC pin. I was trying to check the battery voltage of the li-ion battery in my flashlight, I connected the a ...
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Battery mangement IC with USB C 2.0

I am currently designing a one-cell battery USB C 2.0 device. I saw many battery chargers from Texas Instruments such as bq24295, bq25628, bq25898, bq25890/2, bq25601, etc. I would like to use and ...
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Automatic Power Switching (USB-C and AA batteries )

I am trying to use a P-Channel MOSFET to automatically switch from battery power (4xAA) to USB-C power (5V) when the USB-C cable is connected. I am using a resistor network (R1 and R2) to create a ...
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How come modern electronic devices support charging with various voltages through USB-C?

According to this blog post which tested charging a Samsung laptop through the USB-C port with multiple types of USB-C adapters and external batteries, it seems that that laptop can be charged with 5V,...
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Load share across 3 USB-C PD connections

I have 3, 20V 100W USB-C PD power supplies, which are basically a USB-C power bank connected to 3 of these USB-C triggers. I would like to spread the load of my project out among all 3 power supplies, ...
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Taking more than 2.1A from a two-port "2X 5V / 2.1 A" USB powerbank? [duplicate]

I just bought a powerbank for intending of using it to power a Rasberry Pi4b But, it seems i did not do enough research regarding the requirements of the Pi model i have. The powerbank is listed as &...
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USB-C laptop charger / circuit breaker device

Is it theoretically possible to build a device that connects to a laptop via USB-C, receives battery level information and connects laptop to a charger only if the battery level is in certain range? I ...
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Battery charging over USB-C (using USB-PD?)

I'm designing my first PCB, a wireless Keypad/Macropad with a battery. I'm probably going to be using a 2Ah Li-Ion battery because there will be a lot of LEDs on it and I just want it to last longer ...
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