Voltage Divider help please


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    Default Voltage Divider help please

    I need some advise on the voltage divider network. I need to monitor the voltage for a 6V Lead Acid battery. I am planning to power my PIC using a suitable voltage regulator. I want such a regulator which is widely available and can provide a fixed voltage to PIC upto until the battery voltage voltage drops to 4.5-4.8V and PIC can monitor the decreasing the supply voltage through a voltage divider.

    I also want to know what is MAX resistance values I can use to reduce the current drain.
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    Default accuracy vs current drain

    The resolution of the ADC is 2^10=1024 steps... lets say you want a accuracy reading of 0.25 V from the battery... then the maximum reading voltage to the voltage divider will be 1024*0.25=256 V (that means when the battery will be 256 V then the voltage at the ADC port will be 5 V)
    V_sense / V_battery = 5 / 256

    ... on the other side:
    V_sense / V_battery = R2 / (R1+R2) = 10k / (R1 + 10k)
    5 / 256 = 10k / (R1 + 10k)
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    R1 = 502k


    ... bigger the R1 resistance = lower the current drain = lower the accuracy

    The impedance shouldn't be bigger than 10k ohms to the ADC port (check the datasheet for your pic)
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