WeMos D1 Mini Lithium Battery Shield (HCWEMO0009)

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The WeMos lithium battery shield provides a means of powering your WeMos mini, or WeMos mini Pro (see item HCWEMO0002) from a single cell (3.7V) lithium battery. The shield contains a DC-DC converter to step-up the batteries 3.7V to 5V supplying your WeMos mini and shields with up to 1A of power. When the battery is depleted simply plug the shield into a USB power source using a mini USB cable and it will automatically recharge the battery. Two LEDs on the shield indicate when the battery is charging and when charging has completed.







Specification

Charging Voltage: 10V MAX 5V Recommended
Charging Current: 1A
Lithium Battery Voltage: 3.3-4.2V
Boost Power Supply: 5V (Max 1A)



Ports:

XH2-2.54mm (Port 1): Connect to lithium battery (3.3-4.2V)
Micro USB: Charging Port (5V)
Green LED: Illuminates when charging is complete
Red LED: Illuminates when charging is in progress
J1: Sets the maximum charging current: 0.5A or 1A







Schematic:

HCWEMO0009_Schematic.pdf

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[gadjet]

Hi,
Do you know if this acts like a backup battery so if I power the D1 from the USB connector it provides 5 V to the D1 and charges the connected battery at the same time and if I remove the USB power it still provides 5V to the D1 from the connected Battery?

[andrew]

Yes that is correct. Whilst the USB cable is connected both the battery will be charged, and 5V will be supplied to the 5V pin (~4.5V). If the USB cable is disconnected 5V will continue to be applied to the 5V pin (~5V) whilst the connected battery holds a charge.

[gadjet]

Thanks, just what I thought.

[wavedebb]

Would it charge the battery from the 5v line if the usb was plugged into a D1 mini for instance?

[andrew]

Would it charge the battery from the 5v line if the usb was plugged into a D1 mini for instance?

No, I'm afraid to charge the battery it must be powered via the battery shields USB port.

[bravenius]

Hi All,

Maybe everyone know (evident from schematic) that this circuit don't prevent under discharge, the direct path from +B thru inductor & diode, allow battery to go ~1V, damaging the cell. is recommended a BM board in the cell. Quite bad design and also this board don't allow signaling low battery to uC. Datasheet indicates:

Automatic frequency adjustment, adapts to different output loads (5v output no-load current is less than 10uA). Output auto cutoff when battery voltage is low (Vbat < 3.0v)

this cant be implemented as far as I understand. (I have empiric example of battery damage on few cycles... so this can't work).