There is a lot more to go into w.r.t. the LPC810 µC and the RasPi/Odroid Linux boards, but since surprisingly many design decisions are related to that main driving force of electricity called “voltage”, this is a good opportunity to first cover those basics in a bit more detail.
Here is the list of upcoming articles, one per day:
- The water analogy– Now
- Heat versus momentum– Thu
- Voltage sources– Fri
- Level translation– Sat
Here’s a nice diagram from Wikipedia with all the rechargeable battery technologies:
Quite a variety, and all of them with different trade-offs. Read the articles to find out why it matters, when to stack ‘em up, how to avoid problems, and what buck & boost is about.
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