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BASIC INFORMATION
Li-Ion battery
When we designed UniGo One, we decided to
make an “all-in-one” Laptimer. The ultimate
goal is a “mount and drive” experience.
To enable that, we based it on a high capacity
internal battery. It is a rechargeable Li-Ion
battery. A Li-Ion battery is kind of complicated,
and this section contains information on what
it is, and how to take care of it.
A Li-Ion battery is having high capacity for its
size and weight, but at the same time there are
some pitfalls we would like to mention.
The battery includes a safety protection
circuit. This circuit is to prevent over voltage,
under voltage, over current and short circuit
conditions.
A Li-Ion lifetime is typically 500 recharge
cycles. After 500 cycles the battery has lost
20% of its capacity. This is called aging. It will
not stop working, but if you had 40 hours use
when it was new, it can now only run for 32
hours.
There are some basic rules that can help you
reduce this aging.
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Do not charge the battery if it is too cold.
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Do not discharge the battery to 0%
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Do not charge the battery to 100%
•
Do not fast charge the battery.
To help you do this we added some features to
UniGo One.
We included a very precise fuel gauge. A fuel
gauge can tell how much charge you have left
on the battery. It is simply a number between
0 and 100%. If it is 0% it is completely empty
and 100% is fully charged.
The fuel gauge also takes care of the aging,
so you will be able to trust the number, even
when the battery gets old.
To help you save the battery, we added three
different charging schemes.
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ECO:
In this mode we do use a smaller
charge current and we charge it more
gentle to 95%. And the battery warning
starts at 10% and at 5% it will show the
battery is empty.
•
NORMAL:
Here we use standard charge
current. This is the current specified by
the battery supplier. We charge to 100%
and discharge to 0% with warning
starting at 5%.
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FAST:
This mode is not remembered
when you turn UniGo One off. It is in-
tended to give you some battery charge
fast. It will fast charge the battery at a
high current all the way to 100%. When
the battery is fully charged, it will revert
back to the last charge mode used.
The software is optimized to be energy-efficient
In the reference guide you can find detailed information about
all features and functions of the UniGo.
To get the most from your UniGo, we recommend that
you read this guide in full.
The UniGo is optimized for ease of use, while also incorporating
many useful, advanced features.
R e f e r e n c e
G u i d e
Reference Guide
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