Firmware library SparkFun's Photon Battery Shield and the MAX17043 Breakout.
This is a firmware library for SparkFun's Photon Battery Shield.
The MAX17043 interfaces between a LiPo battery and a microcontroller. The MAX17043 can read a battery's voltage and, using a sophisticated battery-modelling algorithm, estimate the state of charge (SOC).
- /doc - Additional documentation for the user. These files are ignored by the IDE.
- /firmware - Source files for the library (.cpp, .h).
- /firmware/examples - Example sketches for the library (.cpp). Run these from the Particle IDE.
- spark.json - General library properties for the Particel library manager.
Include the MAX17043 library:
#include "SparkFunMAX17043.h" // Include the SparkFun MAX17043 library
Then use the lipo object to interact with it. Begin by initializing the IC:
void setup()
{
// Set up the MAX17043 LiPo fuel gauge:
lipo.begin(); // Initialize the MAX17043 LiPo fuel gauge
// Quick start restarts the MAX17043 in hopes of getting a more accurate
// guess for the SOC.
lipo.quickStart();
// We can set an interrupt to alert when the battery SoC gets too low.
// We can alert at anywhere between 1% - 32%:
lipo.setThreshold(10); // Set alert threshold to 10%.
}
Then you can read the voltage and state-of-charge (SOC) values like this:
// lipo.getVoltage() returns a voltage value (e.g. 3.93)
voltage = lipo.getVoltage();
// lipo.getSOC() returns the estimated state of charge (e.g. 79%)
soc = lipo.getSOC();
Check out the example files in the examples directory for more guidance.
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