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I have quite a few battery discharge curves lying around, and one thing I can tell you is that they are all different. Generally they start at a high voltage, quickly discharge to a normal operating voltage, hold that voltage for a majority of (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Has anyone ever tried having a small offline battery that can be kicked in via sofware? When the main power source is nearly exhausted it can be put online and you know approximately how long that emergency supply will last. Mike (...) at (...) (I (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) battery (...) drop. (...) Umm, yes. But only if the battery is 5volts. Presumably, the voltage regulator on the HB is being supplied with well over ~6.5 volts (usually a 9.6v battery). Thus the output of your divider could be read via an (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) However, I'd be concerned about this method in the long run. I'm thinking that the discharge rates of some batteries change over time (talking rechargables here), and that may screw you eventually. Of course, I haven't the faintest idea for a (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Eric, You shouldn't need to use the 0d block for normal programs. In fact, 0c is what you are supposed to use. The only time when you need to use the 0d value is when you are burning the board with the "config0c.s19"(I believe that is the file (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Eric, You shouldn't need to use the 0d block for normal programs. In fact, 0c is what you are supposed to use. The only time when you need to use the 0d value is when you are burning the board with the "config0c.s19"(I believe that is the file (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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[Duncan Orthner] spake unto the ether: (...) But isn't the supply voltage also the reference for the D/A converter? If the reference drifts, the signal through the divider leg will also drift? I remember trying something like this with a variety of (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) This is usually how it's done. The voltage will drop predictably as the battery discharges. (...) Yes. You could use a voltage divider. You may have to play with the cutoff point a bit, and be aware that nicads experience a rather sharp (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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I am building a new handyboard and when I attempt to send the PCode to the board using HBDL for Windows I get an error if 0c is put in the register window. However, if I put 0d it works fine, the files load and the handyboard functions properly. Why (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hi, I would like to measure the battery capacity (how much longer can I keep the operating robot, running under the present battery), but I very newbie in regards to electonics... so here are my newbie questions... :) 1) Is voltage; information (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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