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US 6,825,669 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for data and command input and having a display in a battery charger and tester
AssigneeSPX Corporation
InventorsKurt Raichle, Scott Krampitz
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for data and command input and display in a battery charger and/or tester includes an alphanumeric keypad and alphanumeric display, as well as menu display and menu selection keys.
Claims21
A device for charging and testing a battery, comprising:
- a field programmable gate array that controls the charging and testing operation;
- a display that displays the menu commands;
- a pair of scroll keys for selecting menu commands;
- and
- an alphanumeric keypad to input information into the field programmable gate array,
- wherein the information includes a setpoint of at least one of a current and a voltage for charging the battery and the field programmable gate array controls a silicon control rectifier to allow at least one of the setpoint current and setpoint voltage to pass through to the battery.
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A battery charging and testing system, comprising:
- means for controlling the charging and testing operation;
- means for displaying menu commands;
- means for selecting menu commands;
- and
- means for inputting information into the means for controlling, wherein the means for controlling is a field programmable gate away and the information includes a setpoint of at least one of a current and a voltage for charging the battery and the field programmable gate array controls a silicon control rectifier to allow at least one of the setpoint current and setpoint voltage to pass through to the battery.
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A method of charging and testing a battery, comprising:
- inputting information via an alphanumeric keypad into a battery charger and tester;
- processing the inputted information with a field programmable gate array;
- displaying menu commands on a multi-line alphanumeric display;
- selecting menu commands to operate the battery charger and tester;
- and
- controlling a silicon control rectifier with the field programmable gate array to allow at least one of a setpoint current and a setpoint voltage to pass through to the battery.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.