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Getting good voltage measurements

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A solar energy system up to 500W in power for use with lithium batteries.

nathaniel-verleeNathaniel VerLee 07/23/2014 at 03:490 Comments

I had historically been having issues getting stable and accurate voltage measurements. A scope on the 3.3V supply rail revealed a pretty noisy rail, probably due to the digital core chugging along at 60MHz. The ADC supposedly has some sort of internal bandgap reference, but since I switched to an external 3.0V linear regulator as the ADC reference I have had much better measurements. The voltage sensor board has two ranges: a 30V range and a 60V range. Currently I am using the 30V range and with the new voltage reference I have been getting very good readings. Next step is to work on measuring current, and the caluclinting power. 

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