How to detect low battery in battery powered F683 circuit


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    Default Re: How to detect low battery in battery powered F683 circuit

    I don't see how this is any different from putting a resistor divider on the ADC input. The problem is that the divided voltage will track Vdd and the A/D reading will always represent the resistor divider ratio (or resistor/diode drop ratio) and thus will maintain a consistent reading despite changing Vdd. Am I missing something here?
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    Default Re: How to detect low battery in battery powered F683 circuit

    Hey, where I was mention voltage divider???
    Quote Originally Posted by pedja089
    But you can only use R3 and D1 connected to ADC pin.
    That isn't voltage divider.
    Biased D1 will produce almost constant voltage on ADC input pin. By keeping constant voltage on ADC input, and changing reference voltage(Vdd)
    Quote Originally Posted by pedja089
    for larger Vdd ADC result will be lower, and for lower Vdd result will bi higher.
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