Ikea Stenkol AA/AAA Charger

Lets take apart this newish AA/AAA charger from IKEA and see if it worth the money!

Specs

Components

Holtek HT46R004Cost-Effective A/D 8-Bit OTP MCU.
The device is an 8-bit high performance RISC architecture microcontroller
CPU Features
Operating voltage:
fSYS= 8MHz: 2.3V~5.5V
Up to 0.5us instruction cycle with 8MHz system clock at VDD=5V
Power down and wake-up functions to reduce power consumption
Two oscillators:
Internal high speed RC — HIRC
Internal low speed RC — LIRC
Fully integrated internal 8MHz oscillator requires no external components
All instructions executed in one or two instruction cycles
Table read instruction
63 powerful instructions
4-level subroutine nesting
Bit manipulation instruction

Peripheral Features
Program Memory: 2Kx14
RAM Data Memory: 96×8
Watchdog Timer function
Up to 18 bidirectional I/O lines
8 channel 12-bit ADC
1 channel 8-bit PWM
External interrupt pin shared with I/O pin
One 8-bit programmable Timer/Event Counter with overflow interrupt and prescaler
Low voltage reset function
Package types: 16-pin NSOP and 20-pin SOP
Programmable Frequency Divider — PFD 
LMV324quad low-voltage (2.7 V to 5.5 V) operational amplifiers with rail-to-rail output swing
8205A Dual N-Channel MOSFET
https://datasheet.lcsc.com/szlcsc/2004231933_CJ-CJL8205A_C504156.pdf
DP2353Highly Integrated Offline Current Mode PWM Power Switch ( documentation below )
EL817Everlight. Transistor Output Optocoupler
NTC Thermistor
75505V regulator

Video

Photos

Ikea Stenkol AA/AAA charger
Ikea Stenkol AA/AAA charger
Ikea Stenkol AA/AAA charger main board teardown
Ikea Stenkol AA/AAA charger main board teardown
Ikea Stenkol AA/AAA charger main board back view
Ikea Stenkol AA/AAA charger main board back view
Ikea Stenkol AA/AAA charger main board
Ikea Stenkol AA/AAA charger main board
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