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Re: BatteryBeak: Utility of making internal resistance and state of charge measuremen

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Originally Posted by WinDnDusT View Post
How would a team figure out the robot is drawing too much current from the battery
Use an analog input to measure voltage drop across the main breaker, or across the wire between the breaker and battery (-). In software, run the samples thru a simple low-pass IIR filter and monitor that, and/or integrate the samples to get a rough metric of depth of discharge.