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Originally Posted by electrijim
So what does the software update do for Lithiums?
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Lithium batteries charge differently to NIMH, this is software controlled.
Lithium batteries operate ( discharge into the load ) differently to NiMH, this is software controlled and managed ( safety margins etc ).
So all up, yeah, there's quite a few differences.
Michael
Just to clarify.
The Segway chassis was designed to accept varying battery technologies.
Including batteries that did not yet exist ( at time of manufacture of that Segway ).
Thus battery charging and usage are software controlled.
Hence the need for upgrade of early Segway machines to accept the newer Li-Ion batteries.
Those Segway engineers were pretty cluey, really !!