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Re: Battery Testing

Okay. So my next thing is...

I want to design a board that I can plug battery's in and do a load test on them, take readings using an ADC, feed the ADC to a PIC chip that records the values and does math and outputs to an LCD.

Does it sound like a good idea and are there any special things I should know?

My thought is its mainly a voltage divider with my circuit having a large resistance and the battery having its resistance. The PIC should be able to calculate the resistance of the battery and the capacity...

your thoughts?
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