I am trying to run a self-powered sensor/actuator with the ability to intelligentlly optimize power-consumption us Solar Charger Shield V2.2.
For this I would need information such as:
*state of the battery
*the amount of current coming from the solar shield
*the amount of current going into the battery
I know I can get the state of the battery by checking it’s voltage from the A0 pin, however is any other information other than that available?
By looking at the .BDR file, this seems to be to only accessible one, however I’m no expert with schematics etc
Thank you for your answer.
However, I need this information not for me, but for my arduino (and it can’t see whether some LED is on…well not so easily at least
I would like to get the exact state of the battery - meaning the percentage that it’s charged, so I know when will it run out.
Also, for the other two, I would like to get real-time information. So to know, how much current is coming into the battery at a given moment (for example when there is more sun there will be more), so that I can react to that information (for example, going into reduced functionality mode).
Is it possible to get this information in an Arduino program from the Solar Charger shield?
