ChargeGuru

This is an application to control SkyRC B6* chargers. It's a replacement for the ChargeMaster application provided by the manufacturer, which is badly designed and doesn't work on GNU/Linux. It's written in Qt5.

Installation

Dependencies:

qt5 qtcharts libusb-1.0 libb6

Grab libb6 from https://github.com/maciek134/libb6.

Run these commands to compile the software:

$ mkdir build
$ cd build
$ cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
$ make

Either run the programs that use it as root (not recommended) or create an udev rule similar to this one:

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0000", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0001", MODE:="666", GROUP="plugdev"
KERNEL=="hidraw*", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0000", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0001", MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"

Start the software and connect the charger, the interface will be enabled when charger's interface is up (it may take a few seconds, the MCU is a bit slow in that aspect).

What's working

• device information
• system settings
• starting / stopping charging with all available options
• toggable charging charts
• displaying charging errors
• notification after charging complete

TODO / what to expect in the future

• saving charging profiles for quick use
• battery datasheet / charging profile database
• charging data export (to csv)
• pause / resume charging
• SMS / e-mail notifications
• touch interface?
• Windows build if I figure out how to make CMake work in there