Re: [EVDL] Watch "Malfunctioning meter." on YouTube

[Lawrence Rhodes via EV]

Yes it was in my veggie diesel.  I posted here because the guys on the diesel 
list are not as savvy as the EV list concerning electronics.  It's a neat gizmo 
that is easier to use than the meters in our cars as it needs no wiring.  
However my diesel is a solar vehicle of sorts.  I run it on vegetable oil which 
is grown by sun power.  Lawrence Rhodes
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Re: [EVDL] Watch "Malfunctioning meter." on YouTube

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> https://youtu.be/xNy8IOlRkII

This is an interesting video clip, not just for the strange behavior of the 
meter, but because you can REALLY tell that it's not in an EV.  Wow, that is 
a noisy ICE!

I suppose the meter question is peripherally related to EVs in the sense 
that a meter like this might be used in conversion EVs.  

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Re: [EVDL] Watch "Malfunctioning meter." on YouTube

[Lee Hart via EV]

Chris Meier via EV wrote:

Is it a specific band of sunlight, such as IR, that causes the effect?


It depends on exactly what part is being affected.

Silicon devices (most ICs, transistors, and diode) are most affected by 
infrared light.


LEDs are most affected by light of the same color as the light they produce.

If there is an actual light level sensor (photoresistor, etc.) then it 
could be responsive to the whole spectrum.


This is all affected by whatever filters the light has to pass through 
first. For example, PCB material is usually greenish; so light that 
passes through it to get to the chip on the back will be mostly green.


That said... while any given device is the most sensitive to its 
"favorite color", it still reacts to other wavelengths. Sunlight is so 
intense and has such a broad spectrum that it will affect all of them.

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Re: [EVDL] Watch "Malfunctioning meter." on YouTube

[Sean Korb via EV]

I think it would be good to experiment to find the wavelengths involved.
There was a recent dustup about the Raspberry Pi II being "camera shy".  It
was rebooting when photographed with a Xenon flash equipped camera.  It
turned out that chip U11 was photosensitive and the fix was to put a little
blue-tac on it... or keep it in an opaque plastic box if you were taking
photos.

cheers,
sean

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> Is it a specific band of sunlight, such as IR, that causes the effect?
>
> On March 18, 2015 5:18:45 AM CDT, George Tyler via EV 
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> >It is clearly the sun causing the problem. Some years ago I was
> >designing
> >RFID readers for cow tags, I found that the tags themselves were
> >sensitive
> >to sunlight! In fact, any chip that does not have sunlight positively
> >excluded is this meter will probably have a chip bonded to the
> >bottom of
> >the pcb directly with a blob of sealer on the top.
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Re: [EVDL] Watch "Malfunctioning meter." on YouTube

[Chris Meier via EV]

Is it a specific band of sunlight, such as IR, that causes the effect?

On March 18, 2015 5:18:45 AM CDT, George Tyler via EV  wrote:
>It is clearly the sun causing the problem. Some years ago I was
>designing
>RFID readers for cow tags, I found that the tags themselves were
>sensitive
>to sunlight! In fact, any chip that does not have sunlight positively
>excluded is this meter will probably have a chip bonded to the
>bottom of
>the pcb directly with a blob of sealer on the top.
>
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Re: [EVDL] Watch "Malfunctioning meter." on YouTube

[George Tyler via EV]

It is clearly the sun causing the problem. Some years ago I was designing
RFID readers for cow tags, I found that the tags themselves were sensitive
to sunlight! In fact, any chip that does not have sunlight positively
excluded is this meter will probably have a chip bonded to the bottom of
the pcb directly with a blob of sealer on the top.

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Malfunctioning meter.: https://youtu.be/xNy8IOlRkII

This is the correct url.  Lawrence Rhodes

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Re: [EVDL] Watch "Malfunctioning meter." on YouTube

[Lee Hart via EV]

Cor van de Water wrote:

Electronic circuits (The silicon wafer that carries the transistors
and other circuitry) is affected in its operation by light.


That's a good possibility. Note that *any* semiconductor on the board 
(the micro, other chips, transistors, diodes, and even LEDs) might be 
the light-sensitive culprit.


I once had a board that used a common zener diode as its voltage 
reference for the power supply. The zener was in a clear glass case, 
typical of inexpensive 1N52xx family zeners. When sunlight hit that 
zener, its voltage changed. Since it was the power supply's reference, 
that changed the voltage of the power supply, throwing everything else off.


Older products used to use EPROMs. You were supposed to cover the window 
on top (which was there to erase the part if it ever needed to be 
reprogrammed). But people often left it open. Sunlight hitting the chip 
inside could not only erase the memory; but would cause errors long 
before the exposure was enough to actually erase it.


As someone else observed, it's also possible that the product has a 
light sensor to adjust the backlight or display brightness to compensate 
for bright ambient light. If the power supply is weak, then sunlight 
could "command" more brightness than the wimpy power supply could 
supply. I've seen this happen with the Cruising Equipment/Heart 
Interface/Xantrex E-meter/Link10 family of meters.

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Re: [EVDL] Watch "Malfunctioning meter." on YouTube

[Jan Steinman via EV]

> From: Cor van de Water via EV 
> 
> Electronic circuits (The silicon wafer that carries the transistors and other 
> circuitry)
> is affected in its operation by light.

Just use the "Car Guys" (from NPR) method: put some black electrical tape over 
the display. Problem solved! :-)

When I worked at Tektronix Laboratories in the 80s, we used to make crude 
cameras by unsoldering the metal lid off the ceramic RAM chips of the day, then 
focusing an image onto the chip and then demuxing the RAS and CAS info.

A lot of cheapo electronics put a chip directly on a board, with a drop of 
epoxy over it. Perhaps this unit missed the epoxy step. Take it back for a 
refund.

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Re: [EVDL] Watch "Malfunctioning meter." on YouTube

[Mark Grasser via EV]

I would suspect that sunlight on the display raises the current draw of the
display. This current draw is on the 5 volt regulator of the entire meter.
Being an inexpensive meter the 5 volt regulator is also the reference
voltage for the meter. Current goes up, reference voltage goes down.
Reference voltage goes down and the reading goes up. 



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Subject: Re: [EVDL] Watch "Malfunctioning meter." on YouTube

Electronic circuits (The silicon wafer that carries the transistors and
other circuitry) is affected in its operation by light. Similar to a solar
cell generating current when hit by photons, also a slice of silicon for a
transistor or other electronic component will start generating a small
current under light, so it is a sign that the actual chip of the meter,
which normally is potted in a black blob for this reason, is not completely
potted and is receiving enough light to be affected by the (stray) light
falling on it.
It is the electronics that is affected by light (photons), not the LCD or
the heat.

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Subject: Re: [EVDL] Watch "Malfunctioning meter." on YouTube

I suspect some sort of feedback via the LCD panel caused by sunlight.  Using
Ohm's law might shed some light...I don't know how though.  Lawrence Rhodes


>
> From: Michael Ross 
>To: Lawrence Rhodes ; Electric Vehicle 
>Discussion List 
>Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2015 3:08 PM
>Subject: Re: [EVDL] Watch "Malfunctioning meter." on YouTube
> 
>
>
>If it wasn't for the possibly coincidental sunlight, I would say it looks
like an electromechanical voltage regulator in action.  A regulator might go
as high as 14 and change, and when it stops charging the battery voltage
shows and is load dependent - not steady.
>
>
>The change is kind of fast to be a thermal effect of the sunlight on
plastic (not very conductive).  Usually instrumentation amps for voltage are
not that susceptible to changes in ambient temperature.  How could be simply
the light intensity?  I don't have a feel for that.  You could mess around
with an ice pack or a bottle of chip freezer spray and see if the change
goes the other direction.
>
>
>
>
>
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Re: [EVDL] Watch "Malfunctioning meter." on YouTube

[Cor van de Water via EV]

Electronic circuits (The silicon wafer that carries the transistors and other 
circuitry)
is affected in its operation by light. Similar to a solar cell generating 
current when hit
by photons, also a slice of silicon for a transistor or other electronic 
component will start
generating a small current under light, so it is a sign that the actual chip of 
the meter,
which normally is potted in a black blob for this reason, is not completely 
potted and is receiving
enough light to be affected by the (stray) light falling on it.
It is the electronics that is affected by light (photons), not the LCD or the 
heat.

Cor van de Water
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I suspect some sort of feedback via the LCD panel caused by sunlight.  Using 
Ohm's law might shed some light...I don't know how though.  Lawrence Rhodes


>
> From: Michael Ross 
>To: Lawrence Rhodes ; Electric Vehicle 
>Discussion List 
>Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2015 3:08 PM
>Subject: Re: [EVDL] Watch "Malfunctioning meter." on YouTube
> 
>
>
>If it wasn't for the possibly coincidental sunlight, I would say it looks like 
>an electromechanical voltage regulator in action.  A regulator might go as 
>high as 14 and change, and when it stops charging the battery voltage shows 
>and is load dependent - not steady.
>
>
>The change is kind of fast to be a thermal effect of the sunlight on plastic 
>(not very conductive).  Usually instrumentation amps for voltage are not that 
>susceptible to changes in ambient temperature.  How could be simply the light 
>intensity?  I don't have a feel for that.  You could mess around with an ice 
>pack or a bottle of chip freezer spray and see if the change goes the other 
>direction.
>
>
>
>
>
>On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 5:55 PM, Lawrence Rhodes via EV  
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>Malfunctioning meter.: https://youtu.be/xNy8IOlRkII
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Re: [EVDL] Watch "Malfunctioning meter." on YouTube

[Lawrence Rhodes via EV]

I suspect some sort of feedback via the LCD panel caused by sunlight.  Using 
Ohm's law might shed some light...I don't know how though.  Lawrence Rhodes


>
> From: Michael Ross 
>To: Lawrence Rhodes ; Electric Vehicle Discussion 
>List  
>Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2015 3:08 PM
>Subject: Re: [EVDL] Watch "Malfunctioning meter." on YouTube
> 
>
>
>If it wasn't for the possibly coincidental sunlight, I would say it looks like 
>an electromechanical voltage regulator in action.  A regulator might go as 
>high as 14 and change, and when it stops charging the battery voltage shows 
>and is load dependent - not steady.
>
>
>The change is kind of fast to be a thermal effect of the sunlight on plastic 
>(not very conductive).  Usually instrumentation amps for voltage are not that 
>susceptible to changes in ambient temperature.  How could be simply the light 
>intensity?  I don't have a feel for that.  You could mess around with an ice 
>pack or a bottle of chip freezer spray and see if the change goes the other 
>direction.
>
>
>
>
>
>On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 5:55 PM, Lawrence Rhodes via EV  
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Re: [EVDL] Watch "Malfunctioning meter." on YouTube

[Michael Ross via EV]

If it wasn't for the possibly coincidental sunlight, I would say it looks
like an electromechanical voltage regulator in action.  A regulator might
go as high as 14 and change, and when it stops charging the battery voltage
shows and is load dependent - not steady.

The change is kind of fast to be a thermal effect of the sunlight on
plastic (not very conductive).  Usually instrumentation amps for voltage
are not that susceptible to changes in ambient temperature.  How could be
simply the light intensity?  I don't have a feel for that.  You could mess
around with an ice pack or a bottle of chip freezer spray and see if the
change goes the other direction.

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*Warren Buffet*

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[EVDL] Watch "Malfunctioning meter." on YouTube

[Lawrence Rhodes via EV]

Malfunctioning meter.: https://youtu.be/xNy8IOlRkII

This is the correct url.  Lawrence Rhodes

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[EVDL] Watch "Malfunctioning meter." on YouTube

[Lawrence Rhodes via EV]

Malfunctioning meter.: http://youtu.be/xNy8IOlRkI

I bought this Enova meter to monitor my diesel battery.  Can anyone explain 
wxhat is happening?  Lawrence Rhodes

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