Thread: Read Battery Charger status from a device.
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Re: Read Battery Charger status from a device.
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Originally Posted by Ari423 View Post
You can make a voltage reader for each battery port by splicing a voltmeter into the output wire of the charger. If you wanted to interface with a tablet, you would probably need some kind of microprocessor to compile the voltmeters' readings and send them over serial to the tablet. Or you could just use voltmeters with built-in LED displays.
If I do that, won't i just get the voltage that the charger is outputting not the current voltage of the battery?