Peak Current, Voltage Drop & Battery Internal Resistance
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In this lesson
You check whether five batteries can feed the FN-200's 120 mA radio burst without the voltage collapsing below 2.4 V, at room temperature and in the cold, and find the coin cell's real current limit.
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Lessons in this course
- Units: mA, µA, mAh, mWh & Battery Capacity Locked
- Duty Cycle & Average Current: from a State Table to µA Locked
- Battery Life Estimate: Hours → Years, Temperature & Self-discharge Locked
- Radio Transmissions: Energy per Message & the Frequency Trade-off Locked
- Sampling Interval vs Battery Life: Table & Chart Locked
- Peak Current, Voltage Drop & Battery Internal Resistance Locked
- Solar Energy Harvesting: Daily Budget, Winter Deficit & Buffer (with Chart) Locked
- Fleet Battery Replacement Planning & Cost Locked