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Re: [ts-7000] Current measurement IC?

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Subject: Re: [ts-7000] Current measurement IC?
From: Philip Heron <>
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 18:46:50 +0100
On Sat, 2005-06-11 at 19:37 +0100, Jim Jackson wrote:
> With such a set up I'd put a suitable resistor in the 8-18v power line
> and connect each end of the resistor (via suitable Potential dividers to
> scale the voltage) to 2 inputs on the ADC option.
>
> >From the 2 Voltage measurements and a little calculation you can get what
> you need.
>
> Just some thoughts.
>

Thanks Jim + Jesse, I'll try both these methods.

The resister does sound the simplest but I may not have the ADC channels
to spare. I'm not great at surface mount soldering but hey, worth a
shot :-)

-Phil <>

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