a desk top charging stand while being connected directly to a power supply referring now to fig1 a charging system 1 with a passive desk top stand 100 is illustrated therein in this system 1 a charger 100 with a microprocessor 101 is provided which includes two pockets 110 111 for charging batteries the first pocket 110 is for charging a phone 200 with a battery 300 attached the second pocket 111 is for charging a battery 400 by itself the front pocket 110 provides a first set of contacts 114 106 107 for providing an electrical connection between the phone 200 and the charger 100 similarly a second set of contacts 108 109 are provided for connecting the an additional battery 400 to the charger 100 the charger 100 is equipped with a microprocessor 101 which ramps tapers and modulates the voltage and current supplied by the power supply 10 for the second pocket 111 this is accomplished by driving a pass element 115 with a control line 114 additionally the microprocessor 101 drives a first indicator light emitting diode 112 u201c led u201d through a first led control line 113 this first led 112 indicates the status of charge of the battery 301 in the front pocket 110 the microprocessor also drives a second led.