Battery Monitor w/ hunger instinct....
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Hello everyone, I was wondering if anyone knew how to utilize a BSII
to monitor a 7.2V battery and send a robot to a charging station
when it reached a certain voltage. When it charged up, it would be
nice to see the robot leave the station. I am trying to get a robot
to do this, but have found no schematic examples out there. It is
much like the Cybug w/ hunger instinct, or the Octobot Survivor Bot.
Please help! Thank you so much.
Aaron
to monitor a 7.2V battery and send a robot to a charging station
when it reached a certain voltage. When it charged up, it would be
nice to see the robot leave the station. I am trying to get a robot
to do this, but have found no schematic examples out there. It is
much like the Cybug w/ hunger instinct, or the Octobot Survivor Bot.
Please help! Thank you so much.
Aaron
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ADC to check the status of the battery and compare it to three preset
values. A red, yellow or green LED lets me know that state of charge. You
could do the same with an ADC chip and the Stamp.
Monitoring battery charging from the battery end might be a bit trickier,
although you probably could detect when one of those smart chargers switched
to maintenance mode. Run your battery down, put it on the charger and
monitor the battery voltage with a meter. Assuming the charger has a
"finished" LED, see if the battery voltage changes when it comes on.
Original Message
> Hello everyone, I was wondering if anyone knew how to utilize a BSII
> to monitor a 7.2V battery and send a robot to a charging station
> when it reached a certain voltage. When it charged up, it would be
> nice to see the robot leave the station. I am trying to get a robot
> to do this, but have found no schematic examples out there. It is
> much like the Cybug w/ hunger instinct, or the Octobot Survivor Bot.
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I have a battery gauge built out of an Atmel Tiny15 -- I use the built-in
ADC to check the status of the battery and compare it to three preset
values. A red, yellow or green LED lets me know that state of charge. You
could do the same with an ADC chip and the Stamp.
Monitoring battery charging from the battery end might be a bit trickier,
although you probably could detect when one of those smart chargers switched
to maintenance mode. Run your battery down, put it on the charger and
monitor the battery voltage with a meter. Assuming the charger has a
"finished" LED, see if the battery voltage changes when it comes on.
Original Message
> Hello everyone, I was wondering if anyone knew how to utilize a BSII
> to monitor a 7.2V battery and send a robot to a charging station when
> it reached a certain voltage. When it charged up, it would be nice to
> see the robot leave the station. I am trying to get a robot to do
> this, but have found no schematic examples out there. It is much like
> the Cybug w/ hunger instinct, or the Octobot Survivor Bot.
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