{"id":889,"date":"2015-08-23T15:01:51","date_gmt":"2015-08-23T15:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.donluc.com\/?p=889"},"modified":"2015-08-23T15:04:23","modified_gmt":"2015-08-23T15:04:23","slug":"sparkfun-polymer-lithium-ion-battery-400mah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/?p=889","title":{"rendered":"SparkFun &#8211; Polymer Lithium Ion Battery &#8211; 400mAh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/SparkFunPRT-10718Mk01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/SparkFunPRT-10718Mk01.jpg\" alt=\"SparkFun PRT-10718 Mk01\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/SparkFunPRT-10718Mk01.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/SparkFunPRT-10718Mk01-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/SparkFunPRT-10718Mk01-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/SparkFunPRT-10718Mk02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/SparkFunPRT-10718Mk02.jpg\" alt=\"SparkFun PRT-10718 Mk02\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/SparkFunPRT-10718Mk02.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/SparkFunPRT-10718Mk02-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/SparkFunPRT-10718Mk03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/SparkFunPRT-10718Mk03.jpg\" alt=\"SparkFun PRT-10718 Mk03\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/SparkFunPRT-10718Mk03.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/SparkFunPRT-10718Mk03-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/SparkFunPRT-10718Mk04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/SparkFunPRT-10718Mk04.jpg\" alt=\"SparkFun PRT-10718 Mk04\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/SparkFunPRT-10718Mk04.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/SparkFunPRT-10718Mk04-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>SparkFun:<\/strong> PRT-10718<\/p>\n<p><strong>Description:<\/strong> This is a very small, extremely light weight battery based on the new Polymer Lithium Ion chemistry. This is the highest energy density currently in production. Each cells outputs a nominal 3.7V at 400mAh! Comes terminated with a standard 2-pin JST-PH connector &#8211; 2mm spacing between pins. These batteries require special charging. Do not attempt to charge these with anything but a specialized Lithium Polymer charger.<\/p>\n<p>Battery includes built-in protection against over voltage, over current, and minimum voltage. Please use caution when using this battery in wearable projects. When using conductive thread, a short in the thread can create sparks and heat. We recommend using coin cell batteries for beginners.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Be careful with the JST connectors. They can stick in pretty good and tugging on them can damage the connector.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dimensions:<\/strong> 5x25x35mm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Weight:<\/strong> 9g<\/p>\n<p>Features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2C continuous discharge &#8211; very high for low price<\/li>\n<li>Excellent long-term self-discharge rates (<8% per month)<\/li>\n<li>Robust power source under extreme conditions (-25 to 60C)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Don Luc<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SparkFun: PRT-10718 Description: This is a very small, extremely light weight battery based on the new Polymer Lithium Ion chemistry. This is the highest energy density currently in production. Each cells outputs a nominal 3.7V at 400mAh! Comes terminated with a standard 2-pin JST-PH connector &#8211; 2mm spacing between pins. These batteries require special charging. &#8230; <a title=\"SparkFun &#8211; Polymer Lithium Ion Battery &#8211; 400mAh\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/?p=889\" aria-label=\"Read more about SparkFun &#8211; Polymer Lithium Ion Battery &#8211; 400mAh\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,35,50,38,5,7,10,43,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-accelerosynth","category-glasses-led","category-arduino","category-digitalelectronics","category-microcontrollers","category-musical-instruments","category-projects","category-sparkfun","category-synth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=889"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3807,"href":"https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/889\/revisions\/3807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}