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LANDER LAB #5 BATTERIES

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The Computerized Battery Analyzer V Pro battery anode…which can squeeze more range from batteries, are widely expected to be popularized over the next de-

COMMERCIAL UNDERWATER LIPO BATTERIES cade.” Marine technology often bene? ts by crossover tech- nologies whose development was paid for by larger markets. • Southwest Electronic Energy Corp. (www.swe.com)

In a decade, who knows?

offers SeaSafe II pressure compensated Lithium-ion bat- tery solutions for subsea vehicles, control systems, and

OTHER SHOP TALK oceanographic equipment. They also post their very good

Make Magazine, Vol 83, just out, features “2022 Boards collection of conference presentations to their website.

Guide”, includes its annual Make: Guide to Boards comparing 79 of the hottest microcontrollers, single-board computers, and

FPGAs — with an emphasis on those you can actually get your • SubC Imaging of- hands on.

fers a BMS protected LiPo battery sphere as part of an autonomous camera system.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thanks to Douglas Alden, R&D Engineer 5, and Dr. Paterno • Ictineu Submarine (Barcelona, Spain), (http://www.

Castillo, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, for engaging the ictineu.net), offers a wide variety of pressure-tolerant wider Scripps community in a conversation on Lithium batter-

LiPo batteries.

ies through the on-campus Scripps Technical Forum. Thanks also to Chad Collett and Brent Lackey, SubC Imaging (Clar- • Develogic (Germany) of- enville, NL, Canada), for their interest and ongoing conversa- fers re? llable pressure protected battery containers that tion on undersea LiPo design. The author acknowledges his ? t side composite, aluminum or titanium cylinders. Bat- gratitude to Dr. Peter Worcester, Institute of Geophysics and tery options include alkaline, Li-ion, and primary lithium.

Planetary Physics (IGPP) at Scripps, recognizing his insatiable curiosity, encouragement, trust in his team, and willingness to • SubCTech (Kiel, Germany)

ocean-power/> offers a line of pressure protected Li-Ion batteries for undersea applications.

READER FEEDBACK

Your comments and shared experiences are always welcome. • General Dynamics offers the “Blue? n Robotics 1.5

Please send your thoughts, stories and photos to: Kevin Hardy kWh LiPo battery” . You may ? nd yourselves in print!

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