Batteries

A Raid controller with minimal board space needs a high temperature solution.

The Problem:
A Raid controller with minimal board space needs a high temperature solution.

The Solution:
A lithium ion battery pack configured with prismatic cells.

The key to this challenge was not only to design a low profile battery pack, but to somehow save as much component real estate as possible. The first step in reducing the size was going from 4 NiMH cells to 2 Lithium Ion prismatic cells. This both cut the size in half and also answered any concerns about the high temperature of the application. Next, Aved Electronics created a unique bracket designed to raise the entire battery pack up high enough to allow the board to be fully populated with components underneath it, but low enough not to interfere with other height restrictions.