Battery Tester with a PIC 16F818 Cicuit Question - Electronic Circuits Projects Diagrams Free

dmarciano · 9th October 2007, 04:40 AM

I am starting to learn how to use the PIC16F818 and I would like to build a battery tester. I figured this would be a relatively easy project that I can use. Powering the PIC itself I understand. What I'm not sure will work is the A/D converter.

The batteries I have to test have 9V when fully charged (Measured with Multimeter). However, from what I understand, only a maximum voltage can be applied to any of the PIC pins. I was planning on hooking up the test points to a voltage divider so if a fully charged 9V battery is tested, only 4.5V are applied to the A/D converter of the PIC. Then I would compensate for this difference of 4.5 from the reference voltage of 5V from within the code Then depending on the actually voltage of the test battery certain LEDs would light up. Would this be viable way of doing this circuit?

I can attach a picture of the circuit I drew out if it would help. Any feedback would be appreciated.

donniedj · 9th October 2007, 04:55 AM

Yes, this is a viable way. Seems as if you got it all down. Just use a regulator be it external or internal as your reference.

So my question is, why do you ask permission from others? 99.999% of everything I do in electronics is to "Find out". I have long since realized that my bread is dying out with an ever increasing rate.

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9th October 2007, 04:40 AM	(permalink)
dmarciano	Battery Tester with a PIC 16F818 Cicuit Question I am starting to learn how to use the PIC16F818 and I would like to build a battery tester. I figured this would be a relatively easy project that I can use. Powering the PIC itself I understand. What I'm not sure will work is the A/D converter. The batteries I have to test have 9V when fully charged (Measured with Multimeter). However, from what I understand, only a maximum voltage can be applied to any of the PIC pins. I was planning on hooking up the test points to a voltage divider so if a fully charged 9V battery is tested, only 4.5V are applied to the A/D converter of the PIC. Then I would compensate for this difference of 4.5 from the reference voltage of 5V from within the code Then depending on the actually voltage of the test battery certain LEDs would light up. Would this be viable way of doing this circuit? I can attach a picture of the circuit I drew out if it would help. Any feedback would be appreciated.

9th October 2007, 04:55 AM	(permalink)
donniedj	Yes, this is a viable way. Seems as if you got it all down. Just use a regulator be it external or internal as your reference. So my question is, why do you ask permission from others? 99.999% of everything I do in electronics is to "Find out". I have long since realized that my bread is dying out with an ever increasing rate.