Battery Voltage. The returned value represents the difference
 * between the battery voltage and V_BG (1.23V). The formula to convert
 * it to mV is: 1223 * 1024 / value.


2011/5/25 Michael Schippling <[email protected]>

> As I understand it, the mica platforms measure battery voltage
> by taking a reading from a fixed 1.23v chip. Since the ADC
> reference (full-scale-value) _is_ the battery itself, the
> reading from the chip will _increase_ as the battery droops.
>
> You may be seeing this effect, but I thought the Voltage
> components for each platform handled this in their read
> methods and also converted the result to milli-volts.
>
> MS
>
> srsini srsini wrote:
> > Hello,
> > i try to compute the remaining power in the battry in micaz !! but each
> > time i do the test i find that the power is increasing . that's strange
> > , i don't understand the matter. PLZ any idea could help.
> > i use this
> >
> > #
> >  */
> > module VoltageP
> > {
> >   provides interface Atm128AdcConfig;
> > }
> > implementation
> > {
> >   async command uint8_t Atm128AdcConfig.getChannel()
> >   {
> >     // select the 1.23V (V_BG). Reference: Table 97, page 244 from the
> > Atmega128
> >     return ATM128_ADC_SNGL_1_23;
> >   }
> >
> >   async command uint8_t Atm128AdcConfig.getRefVoltage()
> >   {
> >     return ATM128_ADC_VREF_OFF;
> >   }
> >
> >   async command uint8_t Atm128AdcConfig.getPrescaler()
> >   {
> >     return ATM128_ADC_PRESCALE;
> >   }
> > }
> > #
> >
> > Bye
> >
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