Cadex C5100
Special Features
Battery Interface
The Cadex C5100 battery tester includes the RigidArm™. This universal battery adapter is intuitive to use and accommodates most cell phone batteries. Simply place the battery on the adapter and lower the heads to meet the battery contacts. Reaching the contacts from the top down provides unobstructed visibility on mating. The arm mechanism can be locked to allow quick and repetitive testing.
The Cadex C5100 also accepts the popular SnapLock™ adapters. Custom Battery Adapters are most convenient for high volume testing. Cadex has a selection of over 1000 custom adapters.
Custom Battery Adapters are shared with the Cadex C7000 Series. Re-programming of the adapters is possible with the C7000 system.
The C5100 reads the battery code and auto-scales when exceeding the wattage/current setting. Only battery parameters suitable for the Cadex C5100 are recognized.
Programming
Service is fully automated. Simply connect the battery, select the rating with the arrow keys and press a program key. The programs are:
- Test - Sorts Li-ion into Good, Low and Poor.
- Charge - Fully charges a battery in about 3 hours
- Cycle - Charges/discharges/charges and displays capacity in mAh. Prepares exchange batteries at storefronts.
- Boost - Reactivates batteries by activating the protection circuit. Over-discharge is common and Boost often restores these batteries to full service.
The C5100 Series is covered by US patent 7,072,871:
Fuzzy logic method and apparatus for battery state of health determination.

For patent information, please visit
Patents page.