Battery-charger-control designers face a fundamental choice: to use a part from the rich selection of dedicated charge-control ICs available from many vendors or to use a programmable microcontroller.

Recharging a mobile phone's internal battery usually occurs under control of a proprietary charging algorithm that resides in the baseband controller. The charger connects to the internal battery ...

GM has issued a Service Update related to a fix for an issue with the battery energy control module in certain affected units of the 2022-2024 GMC Hummer EV. Tagged with service update number ...

GM has issued a Special Coverage bulletin relating to a fix for a condition in which 2016 to 2018 Chevy Volt PHEVs may have a malfunctioning battery energy control module or BECM, potentially leading ...

Modern smart battery chargers are amazingly advanced pieces of kit, so much so that some people are left wondering if they really need such sophisticated (and pricey) equipment for the seemingly ...

A couple of decades ago, having a dead battery usually meant pulling out jumper cables and hoping your friendly neighbor (if you didn't own a secondary car) would be kind enough to give you a jolt to ...