Introducing the SkyRC iMAX B6 Mini all in one charger and discharger Brian Su. This can be read from the LCD or graphed on a PC when connected via the micro USB port and the free Charge Master software installed. Short demonstration of the SkyRC iMAX B6 Mini all in one charger and discharger - Duration: 3:40. Brian Su 16,873. I spent $50 on an official Turnigy Accucel-6 80W instead of wasting any more money or time on trying to fix this Taiwanese knock-off of the official iMAX B6. In short, it's a crap shoot and it's increasingly likely that you'll get one of these Zilog clones. On Monday, 29 February 2016 14:18:24 UTC, jusubbi wrote:ei match that MPU.
This iMax B6 is a rapid charger with a high performance microprocessor and specialized operating
SoftwareOptimized operating software
iMax B6 features an AUTO function that controls the charge rate during charging and discharging. For Lithium batteries, this can prevent overcharging which may lead to an explosion due to the user's setting the charge rate improperly. It will disconnect the circuit automatically and initiate an alarm if there is any malfunction. All the operating modes of this charger are controlled through two way communication, between the charger and the battery to achieve maximum safety. All the settings can be configured by the user.
Internal independent lithium battery balancer
iMax B6 employs an individual-cell-voltage balancer. It is not necessary to connect an external balancer for balance charging.
Balancing individual cells battery discharging
During the process of discharging, the eXtreme 605 can monitor and balance each cell of the battery individually. An error message will be indicated and the process will be ended automatically if the voltage of any single one cell is abnormal.
Adaptable to various types of lithium battery
iMax B6 is adaptable to various types of Lithium batteries, such as Li-ion, LiPo and the new LiFe series of batteries.
iMax B6 is adaptable to various types of Lithium batteries, such as Li-ion, LiPo and the new LiFe series of batteries.
'Fast' and 'storage' mode of lithium battery
There are various methods of charging Lithium batteries. 'Fast' charge reduces the charging time whereas 'store charge' can control the final voltage of your battery. This method is best for long term storage and protects the useful life of the battery.
Maximum safety
Delta-peak sensitivity: The automatic charge termination program based on the principle of the Delta-peak voltage detection. When the battery's voltage exceeds the threshold, the process will be terminated automatically.
Automatic charging current limit:
You can set the upper limit of the charge current when charging your NiCd or NiMH batteries. This is useful for NiMH batteries of low impedance and capacity in the 'AUTO' charging mode.
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Temperature threshold:
The batteries internal chemical reaction can cause the temperature of the battery to rise during charging. If the temperature limit is reached (set by the user), the charging process will be terminated. This function is available by connecting an optional temperature probe, which is not included in with the charger.
Processing time limit:
The user can set the maximum charging time. If the charging time exceeds the limit, the process will be terminated automatically when you set the maximum time for the charging mode.
Data store/load
The ' can store data from ten different batteries. The user can set the charging / discharging parameters for a particular battery type and 'call up' these settings to charge a battery without additional programming needed.
Cyclic charging/discharging
Batteries can be set to charge/ discharge for 5 cycles if needed.
Operating voltage range: DC 11-18 Volts
Circuit power: Max. charge power 50W
Max. discharge power 5W
Charge current range: 0.1-5.0A
Discharge current range: 0.1-1.0A
Current drain for balancing Li-po: 300mA/cell
NiCd/NiMH battery cell count: 1-15cells
Li-ion/Fe/Polymer cell count: 1-6cells
Pb battery voltage: 2-20V
Net weight: 277g
Dimension: 133x87x33mm
Circuit power: Max. charge power 50W
Max. discharge power 5W
Charge current range: 0.1-5.0A
Discharge current range: 0.1-1.0A
Current drain for balancing Li-po: 300mA/cell
NiCd/NiMH battery cell count: 1-15cells
Li-ion/Fe/Polymer cell count: 1-6cells
Pb battery voltage: 2-20V
Net weight: 277g
Dimension: 133x87x33mm
2017-09-04
I briefly mentioned that the iMax B6 Quattro charger has a computer interface. I already was disappointed that the interface is per charger and only half of the chargers have it. Another disappointment came when I tried the software.
The provided software only supports the bare minimum, both in functionality and user interface:
It’s Windows only, there is no zooming functionality and no exact value readout. The file format for the “Log file” is some obscure binary format. In short, inadequate.
The hardware
The provided communications hardware is decent. It’s a small ~1*3cm PCB with a female mini-USB connector on one side and a pigtail leading to a female Futaba J-type connector on the other side, which plugs into the charger.
This board is actually just an USB-to-Serial convertor by SiLabs. SiLabs provides drivers for Windows, Mac (local copy) & Linux
(local copy).
(local copy).
The protocol
The protocol seems to be fairly simple. Just connecting the charger to PC already produces a stream of bytes. There is no need for the computer to send any requests. I use a simple perl script that opens the serial port in the correct mode and produces the read bytes on STDOUT. The bytestream consists of 74 byte long messages wrapped in curly braces (`{` (0x7b) and `}` (0x7d)).
The last two bytes each contain 4 bits of the 8-bit checksum of the first 72 bytes:
The 72 data-bytes all have their high 0x80 bit set, they only contains 7 bits of data each. For the rest of this discussion, I’m only referring to the lower 7 bits of each byte. Here are the data-pieces that I discovered. Byte numbers start at 0 for the first data byte (i.e. 0x9e in the example above).
Imax B6 Quattro Charger
- Byte 7 contains part of the state
- bit 0x01 is set when charging, clear when discharging
- bit 0x10 is set when cycling, clear when single charging or discharging
- Byte 8 contains the set NiCd charge current in dA
- Byte 9 contains the set NiCd discharge current in dA
- Byte 12 contains the set NiMH charge current in dA
- Byte 13 contains the set NiMH discharge current in dA
- Byte 14, bit 0x01 contains the cycle mode, set for {Charge,Discharge}, clear for {Discharge,Charge}
- Byte 15 contains the cycle count
- Byte 16 contains the set Li__ charge current in dA
- Byte 17 contains the set Li__ charge cell count
- Byte 18 contains the set Li__ discharge current in dA
- Byte 19 contains the set Li__ discharge cell count
- Byte 20 contains the set Pb charge current in dA
- Byte 21 contains the set Pb cell count
- Byte 22 contains the mode:
- 0x80: Config
- 0x81: Li
- 0x82: NiMH
- 0x83: NiCd
- 0x84: Pb
- 0x85: Save
- 0x86: Load
- Byte 23 contains the running state: bit 0x01 is set when running, cleared when standby
- Byte 24 & 25 contain the set NiMH discharge voltage in daV and cV
- Byte 26 & 27 contains the set NiCd discharge voltage in daV and cV
- Byte 32 & 33 contain the actual current in A and cA
- Byte 34 & 35 contain the catual voltage in V and cV
- Byte 40 & 41 contain the input voltage in V and cV
- Byte 42 & 43 contain the charge in dAh and mAh
- Bytes 44 & 45; 46 & 47; 48 & 49; 50 & 51; 52 & 53; 54 & 55 contain the individual Li__ cell voltages in V and cV
- Byte 69 contains the time in minutes
Imax B6 Charger Pc Software Download
Or if you’re lazy, just feed in the bytes into this perl script.