ZIPTHEFISH (PI) UPS V1.2 Specifications

Designed for PI 2 B+ and PI 3 (40 pin GPIO) as an alternative power supply and battery backup. Additional boards, including HAT compliant, can be mounted on top.

  • Supply voltage: 12 – 16 Vdc / 1.5 A
    • Nominal output current: - 3A dc
    • Maximum output current: 3.5A (5 ms pulse)
  • Output voltage: 5.1Vdc +/- 1 %
    • Efficiency: better than 92% in the range 0.1 – 3A
    • Load & line regulation: <= 1%
  • Output undervoltage and overvoltage protection:
    • OVP 125%
    • UVP 65%
  • Supply voltage ( via micro USB ) 5 – 5.1 Vdc +/- 5% / well-regulated and protected wall adapter  /
    • Nominal current: - 3A dc
  • Supply voltage ( via additional input – solderable ) : 5.1 Vdc +/- 5% / wall adapter or any well-regulated and protected 5.1Vdc/3A source
  • Battery backup
    • Output voltage: 5.1Vdc +/- 1 %
    • Nominal output current: - 3A dc
    • Up to 97% Efficiency
    • Output over voltage protection: 5.80 V typical
    • Output line and load regulation: 0.06 %/V , 0.06 %/A
  • Battery : single cell Li-Ion or Li-polymer, 300 mAh minimum, capable of up to 6A pulse current, 4.2V max. charge voltage
    • With or without onbattery protection chip
    • Embedded Battery Charger
    • 300 mA charge current (50mA up to 1A under request) 
    • 4.2V max. charge voltage
    • Optional Battery Temperature Monitoring ( jumper selectable, requires temperature sensor on battery)
    • Temperature sensor - 10kOhm NTC
    • Continuous battery monitoring by high-accuracy current and voltage regulation
    • Battery charge in three phases: conditioning, constant current, and constant voltage.
    • Automatically restarts the charge if the battery voltage falls below 4.1V +/- 15 mV
    • Charge is terminated based on minimum current or temperature
  • Charge status indication: 2 LEDs, software readable ( charging, ready, battery disconnected and more )
  • Battery in use indication: 1 LED, software readable
  • External power not available indication: software readable
  • Onboard battery protection:
    • Battery voltage between 3.3 – 3.4 V: software readable (interrupt)
    • Battery voltage <= 3V : Battery power supply is disconnected within 1us
    • Reverse battery connection
    • True disconnection during shutdown, fault condition or external power supply available
    • Possible shut down under software control
  • Additional battery backup control
    • With external power supply disconnected: Manual ON/OFF
  • Embedded Real time clock chip
    • Typical accuracy: +/-3.5 sec. per day at 25 0C
    • Software clock calibration. Can adjust timekeeping to within ±4 parts per million (±10 seconds per month)
    • Permanent battery backup
    • Provides year, month, day, weekday, hours, minutes, seconds, and leap year correction
    • Timekeeping down to 1.0 V
    • Low supply current: typical 0.250 uA
    • Oscillator stop detection function (as fault detection)
    • Internal Power-On Reset
  • Optional Eq3 radio module
  • Additional 5V output
    • Load capacity - up to all available from the board (excluding PI cunsumption and charging current)
    • Inductive loads acceptable up to 1A
    • Software controllable
    • Unfused
  • Operating temperature range: from -40 0C to +85 °C
  • Size – 85 x 56 x 10 mm (exactly as PI2/PI3)
  • Mounting holes: 4 x 2.75 mm (exactly as PI2/PI3)