Sunflower: Solar Power Manager 9V/12V/18V (DFR0535)

[James46717]

I have ordered a Sunflower: Solar Power Manager 9V/12V/18V DFR0535.
In the post below, I used a 20W solar panel and DC to DC regulator to charge batteries; pretty crude way of doing it.

20W Solar Phone Charger

20W Solar Panel - Power Supply Introduction: The aim of this project was to use the sun to charge batteries. Charging LiPo batteries 1W and 2W Seeed solar panels, DFRobot Solar LiPo Charger and a Sunflower Solar Power Manager were purchased. Initially this was unsuccessful because I did not realise the panels need full sun to produce full power. The LiPo was connected such that it was shaded by the panel but it still got too hot for my liking. The solution was to place the solar panel in th…

It has been successful but I always considered a better charge / power supply system. I also have a couple of 2000mAH LIPO’s I could use with the Sunflower.
Will post here when it arrives and has been tested. I will also conduct some investigation into the Sunflower and its capabilities and post here too. If it does not produce 1.5A on the 5V output I will contact DFR with a please explain.

The way I will be using it, is as it was designed to be used by DFR.

Cheers
JIm