+[[!meta title="LipoCharger"]]
# LipoCharger
This is a simple but effective, dual-rate, standalone charger for Lithium
-Polymer batteries. It supports who different charge rates, approximately
-100mA and 500mA. The higher rate is good for batteries of 400 mAh and higher
-including the 900mAh cells sold with [TeleMetrum](../TeleMetrum) starter kits,
-while the lower rate is more appropriate for the 110mAh cells often used with
-[TeleMini](../TeleMini). A standalone charger is essential for use with
-TeleMini since it does not have on-board charging capability.
+Polymer batteries. It supports two different charge rates selectable with
+a swtich, of approximately 100mA and 500mA. The 500mA rate is good for
+batteries of 400 mAh and higher including the 900mAh cells sold with
+[TeleMetrum](../TeleMetrum) starter kits, while the 100mA rate is more
+appropriate for the 110mAh cells often used with [TeleMini](../TeleMini). A
+standalone charger is essential for use with TeleMini since it does not
+have on-board charging capability.
+
+Production units are available from the
+[Garbee and Garbee](https://shop.gag.com) web store.
+
+These are photos of production version 1.1:
+
+<a href="v1.1/lipocharger-v1.1-top.jpg"> <img src="v1.1/lipocharger-v1.1-top-thumb.j
+pg"></a>
+<a href="v1.1/lipocharger-v1.1-bot.jpg"> <img src="v1.1/lipocharger-v1.1-bot-thumb
+.jpg"></a>
## Features ##
The design files can be found on [git.gag.com](http://git.gag.com) in the
project [hw/lipocharger](http://git.gag.com/?p=hw/lipocharger;a=summary).
-## Future Plans ##
+For those who don't have ready access to the gEDA suite, here are pdf snapshots
+of the files for Production PCB version 2.0 in more easily readable form.
-After some iteration, we have settled on a design that meets our needs.
-Boards will be available for sale soon.
+* [schematic](v1.1/lipocharger-sch.pdf)
+* [pcb artwork](v1.1/lipocharger-pcb.pdf)
+* [bill of materials](v1.1/partslist.csv)
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