Battery Beak
 

• Tired of guessing which battery is the best seconds before a match starts?
• Ever have a battery test at full capacity at the beginning of the season only to have it die at the start of a match?
• Looking for a battery tester that is compact, portable and provides instant results?

If yes then the Battery Beak is what you are looking for. The Battery Beak is a battery health analyzer designed for use with the Lead Acid Batteries used in FRC and the NiMH batteries used in VEX Robotics.

The Beak provides information about a batteries State of Charge, Load Voltage, Internal Resistance and battery quality in less than a second.

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http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...3&postcount=12

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I am very excited that this is available, and will surely be purchasing (at least) one!

However, is there a way you could shrink the images on the portal page just a little bit? It is sort of squishing the recent posts area and making it difficult to read, even on my widescreen display.

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Seconded (both comments).

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I searched and searched, but found no where to actually purchase it! I know Cross the Road Electronics markets through AndyMark, but nothing there either.
So, where and when can it be purchased?

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I'm no electrical guy, so I don't know what this is competing against, but is this good? Is it worth the money, and how much would someone recommend getting this?

Thanks!

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I don't know the market for battery testers but I know the CTR guys, they release products when they are ready and not before.

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Our team has held off on buying a battery tester and we are pretty excited to buy this guy.

Mike, would you happen to have a video demo?

-RC

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No video yet but I should have a user manual posted this week or the beginning of next week. Also Andymark will also be distributing these starting in December. In the mean time they may be purchased from the CTRE site http://www.crosstheroadelectronics.com/Beak.html , I should have an "Add to Cart" link up some time today.

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Just ordered mine, hope to have it next week to go through our VEX battery sets before the big 3 December event.

I saw this at IRI and wanted one then, I'm very happy to see that Mike was able to turn these around through manufacturing so quick.

I'm also very happy that he took my suggestion to add a mode for the 7.2 volt VEX battery packs, this will end the "is it charged or not" at our events.

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This is a great idea! Seriously, every team should have one of these.

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2012 KOP Item...? (A guy can dream)

Looks like we'll be getting one of these to test our batteries pretty soon. I'm really tired of being given a battery that 'says' it's charged and finding out that it's half dead after autonomous mode...

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How much are they ?

Re: Battery Beak
 

Click on the "Battery Beak" link in the original post.

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oops, didn't "slide" down the complete page. The price was at the bottom.
Thanks