Battery Questions

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You might want to take a look at the LCDs contrast adjustment. I suspect it's proportional to Vcc but you never know.
 
Hi PICers,

I want to design a 24V DC to 50Hz/240AC power inverter. My choice of PIC is the 18F452 (HWPWM). But I am not sure whether the ADC conversion time would be short enough for dynamic correction.

Any thoughts

nasib rahim
 
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Am bringing this thread back up again. Another basic question(?) from a newbie

My plan is to come up with a project that can run off batteries and one of those wall-wart. The latter will "take over" the batteries when it is turned on.

Based on advice and recommendations discussed here, pretty much settled on 3xAA/AAAs, ie abt 4.5V.

I just tested with one of those wall-warts i had at home that has adjustable voltage from 3V to 12V. When I set it to 3V, I measured abt 4.7V, at 4.5V setting, it was abt 6V !!

Based on earlier discussions, this is obviously too high. If these wall warts are a necessary evil, what effective design can one have to tackle these challenges?

Your inputs, thots, recommendations are welcomed, as always. Thks!
 
Wall warts will always read way high with no load. Their output varies with load. I would say a regulator is a must-have when powering from wall wart.
 
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