Many devices use Nimh; they are a mature battery technology, but there are many factors to take into account before you use them. Looking at battery management; how do you charge Nimh batteries? Nimh ...

Maxim introduces the DS2710, a stand-alone, NiMH charger IC with alkaline-cell detection. It incorporates fast-charge control and alkaline-cell detection, saves space, cost and time to market.

Anyone know the overall expected life of ordinary NiMH batteries (e.g. AA for, say, a digital camera)? Not referring to charge cycle life, rather, overall life from new to "it's time to trash these".

So, with the second child here our usage of rechargeable batteries has gone up enough that my wife wants to start charging them herself. Which is great except she won't use the Frankenstein mess of my ...

Not all batteries get used all the time. While the AA batteries in your wall clock, home security camera, or TV remote may get a daily workout, other battery-powered items like flashlights, drones, ...