ToolkitRC is relatively new company specializing in the chargers and power solutions. They have released a number of different chargers and accessories. The latest released is ToolkitRC M6D charger.
Package contents
ToolkitRC M6D charger comes with USB cable for firmware upgrades, Screen film protector and user manual.
Charger construction
This charger has two battery charging ports and two balancing lead ports for up to 6S. There is a temperature probe (DS1820) port in the middle, but there is no information on its use.
There is a fan on the side that turns on when the charger reaches the temperatures over 45℃.
On the back side of the charger you can find the input port (voltages between 7-28V or up to 6S battery) and the USB port for charging the phone or any other USB device with up to 2.1A.
Charger controls: scrolling the scroll wheel to the left or right for navigating through the menu and pushing the wheel for select or enter action. The CH button is for selecting the active battery charging channel (charging port). The selected channel will be highlighted in the screen. This button also allows to exit from the settings or selections menu.
Battery checker
ToolkitRC M6D charger can work as battery checker. Once you plug the battery into charging port it will power up and start showing the total voltage and the individual cell voltages.
Internal battery resistance checker
Press and hold [CH/EXIT] button for two seconds to start testing the internal resistance of the active selected channel. After the test, the internal resistance will be displayed.
Charging
The short press on the scroll button opens the charging/discharging/storage mode settings. Select the “Charge” mode.
Select the battery type.
Select the battery cell number. I usually leave this setting to the “Auto” as the charger autodetects the cell count accurately and makes less mistakes than human.
You can select the desired end voltage from 4.05V to 4.25V for LiPo and from 4.20V to 4.40V for LiHV batteries. Be careful and don’t overcharge the LiPo batteries!
Discharge
For discharging the batteries you need to select the DisCHG mode.
If you have powered the charger by battery and charger power input source settings are set to “Battery” then you can select the Discharge mode to “Recycle“. “Recycle” mode “charges” up the supply battery with Discharge current.
This allows to discharge batteries quicker with the higher current (up to 15A) then “Internal” mode (up to 3A).
Storage charge
For charging/discharging the batteries to the storage voltage you need to select the StoCHG mode. In this mode the charger will charge up or discharge to the storage voltage. The Storage charge mode settings are similar to the Discharge mode, just by default it is set to charge/discharge to 3.85V per cell.
Firmware update
Connect the ToolkitRC M6D charger to PC with the supplied USB cable. Don’t connect the external power source to the charger. Charger will be powered through the USB cable. The computer will recognize the charger as USB disk named Toolkit.
Power supply
ToolkitRC M6D charger can be used as current limited power supply. If battery type is selected as “Power”, then you can select maximum current limit and voltage. Using this feature charger can power the hot wire cutting device or be as SmokeStopper device, limiting the maximum current.
Conclusion
ToolkitRC M6D is the best charger from the ToolkitRC at the time being. It has almost all the features that the user could want. Charging, discharging, storage feature, internal resistance checking, power supply with current limiter. It has two independent charging ports for charging/discharging two batteries simultaneously.
They can be combined into one port for sinchronous charge with up to 25A. Charger displays the battery cell voltage with 3 decimal digits accuracy!
Want to learn more? Check the official page for the latest discount.
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