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Re: Battery Status
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lugnet.robotics.handyboard
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Tue, 4 May 1999 03:02:41 GMT
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Eat Bugs! <JWP@AWODspamcake.COM>
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Duncan Orthner wrote:
> > 1) Is voltage; information enough, to provide battery capacity (left) ?
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> This is usually how it's done. The voltage will drop predictably as the
> battery discharges.
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 better solution, but I'm
thinking about it...can you smell the smoke.
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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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