Author: Ovidiu Sandru

Ovidiu Sandru is the founder and CEO of Lighty Electronics, the company behind Chargie — the world's first hardware USB charge limiter. With a background in electronics engineering from Politehnica University of Timișoara, he has spent over a decade working on battery technology, Android development, and hardware design. Since launching Chargie in 2019, over 60,000 customers worldwide rely on his technology to extend their device battery lifespan.

1 min December 31, 2020

Chargie A SE Batch 1 Production Roadmap

Blog 3 min December 20, 2020

We’re shipping more than just a product

On November 10, we announced the new Chargie A. It more or less does the same thing as Chargie Founder…

Chargie App 3 min July 29, 2020

Chargie’s New Top Up Scheduler Could Save the Day (and the battery)

I’ve built the Chargie system from the ground up as a means to save battery lifespan by limiting the time…

General 3 min May 5, 2020

The Link Between COVID-19 and Phone Batteries

We all talk about it – there’s no point explaining what hit us earlier this year. Now, the latest version…

Blog 4 min February 3, 2020

Why and How a 65% charged phone actually makes sense for most people

We, as a species, have evolved by eventually setting ourselves on top of the entire food chain. Nevertheless, the days…

General 2 min January 22, 2020

Chargie and wireless chargers

Wireless chargers have been widely adopted lately due to their ability to ease the charging process. They’re useful, but nevertheless…

Blog 1 min December 31, 2019

Happy New Year!

There we go. It’s exactly a year since I’ve sketched the first Chargie schematic. I can’t believe it went so…

Chargie App 5 min May 1, 2019

How to Use the Chargie App

The Chargie app sits at the core of your phone’s future battery life. We thought about making an app that…