Improved low-battery shutoff for my DIY Ego-powered 12V supply
I fixed an issue with the low-battery shutoff circuit in my DIY Ego 12v power supply by replacing discrete logic with latching logic in an Arduino.
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Ego Power+ System
Fixing Ego batteries in a low-voltage "defective" state
This is a bad idea, but it did seem to work.
The 12v portable power supply Ego needs to make
Part of the Project Logs series.
I'm fully invested in the Ego line of power tools for everything from my lawnmower to hedge trimmer. I also have a need for a portable, long-lasting, rechargeable, power-outage-resistant, 12 volt power supply.[1] Ego sells several inverters/converters, but they all …