Introduction: Battery Capacity Tester (Arduino)
Hi friends,
This is my first trying on arduino and it is my engineering design project. This is pretty simple to make.
First of all, you need to know how you can measure analog and digital value on Arduino. Atfter you read these values, you can achive SOC (state of charge) and mAH (mili Amper Hour) by writting some codes. (I used 1.5 Volt Battery, so I design a code according to it.)
There are some constant values on the code.
Maximum voltage value is 1.5 V
Minimum voltage value is 0.9 V
Maximum mAH value is 1500 (mAH)
In other words;
When your battery level is 1.5 Volt, your SOC value is %100 and your capacity is 1500 mAH.
When your battery level is 0.9 Volt, your SOC value is %0 and your capacity is 0 mAH.
This is my SOC formula, SOC=(voltage-0.9)*(100/0.6); (voltage= Analog value of battery)
And this is my mAH formula, mAH= ((voltage-0.9)/0.6)*1500;
Materials!
1) Arduino Uno
2) LCD display (16x2)
3) IRF510
4) 10K resistor
5) 2.2 resistor (1 Watt) (This is important for your Arduino not to burn!)
This is easy project. But it helped me to improve my Arduino knowledge. I hope, it helps you, too.

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26 Comments
Question 4 years ago on Introduction
Ты можешь добавить код, а то я ещё не очень разбираюсь в ардуино.
4 years ago
Where is the code ?
4 years ago
Where is the code ?
5 years ago
codes pls cant start the work :(
5 years ago
Hey, where can i find the code please?
5 years ago
boa tarde Burak Tutal, por favor me envie o link onde eu possa pegar o código do arduino. desde já agradeço.
5 years ago
code please
5 years ago
Where is the code please ?
6 years ago
please provide a code for me plzzzzzzzz
6 years ago
it would be nice if you provided a sketch.
6 years ago
Where's the code?
6 years ago
Hi, is the code available? I'd really appreaciate it.
6 years ago
This is actually rather brilliant!
Reply 6 years ago
Thank you man :)
7 years ago
We really do need the arduino code you used to easily replicate what you have done.
Reply 7 years ago on Introduction
I shared the code. :) I hope it helps you a lot to improve your Arduino skills :)
Reply 6 years ago on Introduction
i cant find the code link.i really need those codes.can any1 help me out?
6 years ago on Introduction
can i get the codes?
7 years ago on Introduction
Yaptigin program iyi gibi gorunuyor.Buna Batarya test cihazi demek dogru olmaz. Cunku denenecek herhangi bir batarya(Ni-Cad , Li-ion , .......) ile farkli akim degerleri alirsin bu sekilde ayarlanmasinin imkani olmaz . Ama su sekilde yapabilirsin
(R1) (R2)
(Batarya +) ----------[[[[[]]]]]]]]----- |-----[[[[[[[[]]]]]]]]----------(Batarya - GND )
|-------------- Analog
daha sonra R2nin uzerine dusen elektirigi bul .... ve bataryanin doluluk olanini bu sekilde cikarabilirsin
http://www.arduinom.org/projeler/arduino-ile-voltmetre
Yaptiginiz elektronik devre duzenegi Battery Drainer gibi bisey ... Bu sekilde olculmesi Uygun degil ...
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Reply 7 years ago on Introduction
Yorumunuz için teşekkür ederim. Evet dediğinize baktımda benim ki "Battery Drainer" dediğinize daha çok benziyor. Vermiş olduğunuz linkteki proje gerçekten iyi. Proje yapım aşamamda görmüş olsaydım, muhtemelen referans olarak o projeyi göz önünde alırdım. :)
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