Here’s another active balancing circuit for large ultracapacitor banks, this one is designed for a series string of 6, at 2.5v per capacitor.
Based on the design here, I have transcribed the circuit into Eagle & designed a PCB layout.
As can be seen from the circuit diagram above, this is just 6 copies of the circuit from the above link, with screw terminals to attach to the capacitor string.
And here’s the PCB. the MOSFETs & OpAmps are very small SMT parts, so require a steady hand in soldering. This board can easily be etched by hand as there’s only 3 links on the top side. No need for a double sided PCB.
As always, the Eagle project files & my Eagle library collection are available below:
Hi,
Many thanks for this. It’s really interesting stuff.
Would it be possible for you to take a look at the links for the downloads? As they seem to be broken.
Many thanks in advance.
Hi CA,
Apologies! The links are now fixed!
Cheers