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Battery indication

A project log for Geiger counter

Radiation measurement device w/ Raspberry Pi Pico and STS-5 tube

florian-wilhelm-dirnbergerFlorian Wilhelm Dirnberger 04/10/2023 at 12:080 Comments

Simple battery indication with a voltage divider (5MOhm and 2.2MOhm), using Pico's ADC2. Shows for a few seconds whether battery is nearly full, half empty or nearly empty (only applicable for alkaline batteries with their characteristic discharge curve).  

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