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Ev Archive for July 1998
1169 messages, last added Wed Aug 08 18:42:41 2001

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Re: Bar graph voltage monitors



At 12:34 PM 7/31/98 Lee Hart wrote:

>You can improve its accuracy, but I wouldn't bother. Simple voltage
>measurements are intrinsically not very accurate. Just use them as a simple
>relative "fuel" indicators. The differences between batteries is much more
>important. 

Good point, watching for relative differences or any early voltage sag during
high rate discharging is the objective. The  E-Meter is my "fuel" indicator.
So  I will 
scrap the temperature considerations and that will simplify the circuitry for
this 
project. Hope  some one has a slick idea for packaging 12  LM3914 displays !

Al Godfrey
Richmond, B.C.