
Fire Bird V ATMEGA2560 Hardware Manual
6. Charge termination due to battery failure:
At any time during battery charging if robot detects failure in the battery then it stops battery
charging and buzzer gives 1 very long beep with a very short delay in between. In this case
battery needs to be replaced.
Note:
Buzzer is shared between battery monitoring circuit and main microcontroller socket.
Important:
If you are using battery which is not used for long time then you have to charge it and
discharge it at least few times to bring the battery to its full storage capacity. To do this you
can load any motion program from the “Experiments” folder which is located in the
documentation CD and discharge the batteries after charging.
Warning:
Never ever attempt to charge the robot while its powered on. In case, if robot is powered up first
and if you insert the battery charging socket, it will not enter in charging mode. In case, when
you insert battery charging socket first and start charging, and then power up the robot, the robot
will be powered up and at the same time battery will get charged. This is a very dangerous
scenario where robot's battery charging circuit may get confused because of noise from motors
and both battery and robot may get permanently damaged.
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