I'd like to use a Lithium Polymer battery for a project of mine, but I've read that the battery should be allowed to discharge below a certain minimum (for my case a 2 cell 7.4V batter shouldn't discharge below around 6V) otherwise the battery's performance would drop drastically. I know there are a few packaged devices to do just that, but I need a very small, 1-3 component solution that I can actually place on the board itself. I was thinking of using a zener diode at first put in a reverse position so that the zener voltage would cut off the device if the batter drops below, but in initial testing, the diode doesn't seem to be working as planned. Does anyone have any ideas?
-Jason