>  David Schmidt <dschmidt@SILCOM.COM>
> Anyone have any tips on making an amp-hour meter for a solar power setup?
>
> I have about 20 amps of charging current going into a bank of 440Ah, 12V
> batteries feeding a 500W inverter.
>
> I have a 200A 50mV shunt that will be used inline with the battery.
>
> I'm going to take the voltage from the shunt to feed a voltage to
frequency
> IC, and then count the pulses.  There will be two V to F circuits, one
for
> charge, the other for discharge.  The pulses will feed into a '54 driving
a
> 16x2 line LCD display.
>
> Anyone see anything wrong with the above plan?
> Thanks in advance
> Dave

Take the MAX471/472 precision high-side current sensor together with a
PIC with an integrated A/D. That should give you excellent results !

good luck,   R. Monsees

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