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Re:How to Debug Your Battery by Animats on Sunday July 28, 2024 @05:12PM (#41096007)
> I used Hall effect sensors for a project and found they needed a fair bit of calibration.

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Re:How to Debug Your Battery by exmadscientist on Monday July 29, 2024 @12:05PM (#41101475)
Hall sensors have a lot of issues. If you can handle the power dissipation in the resistor, a shunt plus a fancy zero-drift difference amplifier is almost always going to be superior.

Hall sensors win for very high currents, high bandwidths, and when isolation or noninvasive measurement is required.

Re:How to Debug Your Battery by Animats on Saturday August 03, 2024 @06:21AM (#41145728)
Technically, yes. That's how most meters work. But now you have high current, high voltage, and isolation issues in your sensing device. So you need more testing and approvals.