Whilst that higher resistor will give you 4x the ADC reading vs a 0.1R resistor, that's still only an ADC variance of about 60 steps between 1000mA & 300mA for a PIC supply of 5V....like I say, if you use a PIC where the ADC positive reference can be tied to it's internal 1.024V fixed reference (eg 16f1824), you'll then get a variance of about 240 steps between 1000mA & 300mA current draw ...which is starting to become useable.





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