cool new toy, linux mini pc and arduino in one piece

http://www.udoo.org/

Shipping to begin as soon as October 2013 .. $99, $109, $129

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/435742530/udoo-android-linux-arduino-in-a-tiny-single-board

merde,
kickstarter wants paying via amazon account, credit card only.. here i am out,
i have to wait until end of year, to buy this genius toy in europe shops via paypal etc.,
no kickstart support by me.. ;o(

at first i tried a simple voltage devider, (Oreilly Arduino Cookbook page177)
3x1k + 1x1k, measureing above the 1k .. for measuring max 20Volts,

i connected my Mega2560 via usb… and the values where a little „fluctuating“..
i started calculating middle-values, 10%-influence of new value on old value,.. and so on..
BUT
today i gave a try on adding a external powersupply to the Mega2560.. and hey..
the analog reads went fine.. quite stable!
no need for me for „attopilot voltage current sensor“ anymore (maybe later ;o) )

without external power supply:
528 2.59 10.35
528 2.59 10.35
531 2.60 10.41
529 2.59 10.37
530 2.60 10.39
528 2.59 10.35
529 2.59 10.37
529 2.59 10.37
530 2.60 10.39
528 2.59 10.35

with external power supply:
510 2.50 10.00
510 2.50 10.00
510 2.50 10.00
510 2.50 10.00
510 2.50 10.00
510 2.50 10.00
510 2.50 10.00
510 2.50 10.00
510 2.50 10.00
510 2.50 10.00
510 2.50 10.00
510 2.50 10.00

another fact, when fluctuating measurments occur, is
when i try to measure above a potentiometer 1kOhm(4Watt) with a 12V LED lamp in serie.
direct measures at the powersource, battery did not fluctuate.

model: 50V / 90A

http://www.sparkfun.com/products/9028 look for the datasheet there

Voltage Measurement Test

Pin Setup:
GND – GND
V – Analog 0

i want to measure Voltages between 11 and 15 Volts…
so i will test Analog Reads and proof at same time with an DigitalMeter.
adding the breakout parallel shows a voltage drop..?!

in datasheet is stated, that the voltage measurment has a 14,7kOhm resistor, my multimeter shows 15,75kOhm, maybe my multimeter isnt good enough.

the breakout is for 3.3V, with 5V you loose some precision.
http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/AnalogReference
so my arduino is a 5 V board, 10-bit resolution (0-1023)

measured analog values and an factor x

76 -> 5.74
77 -> 5.82
78 -> 5.89

tips:
http://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/21963/arduino-mega-0-10v-analog-input

http://www.ladyada.net/learn/sensors/index.html

http://forums.adafruit.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=11597
  analogRead(5);
delay(10);
nTemp = analogRead(5) * 5000L / 1024L  / 10;

http://sites.google.com/site/measuringstuff/the-arduino 10-bit arduino explained

Original Code Snippet from sparkfun,
added YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss output
i used Arduino MEGA-2560 via USB, power from USB,
important: i have to use SPI_MODE3 instead of SPI_MODE1 !!!
SPI_MODE1 delivered bullsh**

PinSetup
RTC – MEGA2560
————–
GND – GND
VCC – 3.3V
SQW – GND (squarewave signal output for interupters)
CLK – 52
MISO – 50
MOSI – 51
SS – 53

#include 
const int  cs=53; //chip select 

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);
  RTC_init();
  //day(1-31), month(1-12), year(0-99), hour(0-23), minute(0-59), second(0-59)
  //SetTimeDate(27,4,12,16,5,0); // manuell Zeit setzen, kein 00 benutzen!
}

void loop() {
  Serial.println(ReadTimeDate());
  delay(1000);
}
//=====================================
int RTC_init(){ 
	  pinMode(cs,OUTPUT); // chip select
	  // start the SPI library:
	  SPI.begin();
	  SPI.setBitOrder(MSBFIRST); 
	  SPI.setDataMode(SPI_MODE3); // both mode 1 & 3 should work 
	  //set control register 
	  digitalWrite(cs, LOW);  
	  SPI.transfer(0x8E);
	  SPI.transfer(0x60); //60= disable Osciallator and Battery SQ wave @1hz, temp compensation, Alarms disabled
	  digitalWrite(cs, HIGH);
	  delay(10);
}
//=====================================
int SetTimeDate(int d, int mo, int y, int h, int mi, int s){ 
	int TimeDate [7]={s,mi,h,0,d,mo,y};
	for(int i=0; i<=6;i++){
		if(i==3)
			i++;
		int b= TimeDate[i]/10;
		int a= TimeDate[i]-b*10;
		if(i==2){
			if (b==2)
				b=B00000010;
			else if (b==1)
				b=B00000001;
		}	
		TimeDate[i]= a+(b<<4);
		  
		digitalWrite(cs, LOW);
		SPI.transfer(i+0x80); 
		SPI.transfer(TimeDate[i]);        
		digitalWrite(cs, HIGH);
  }
}
//=====================================
String ReadTimeDate(){
	String temp;
	int TimeDate [7]; //second,minute,hour,null,day,month,year		
	for(int i=0; i<=6;i++){
		if(i==3)
			i++;
		digitalWrite(cs, LOW);
		SPI.transfer(i+0x00); 
		unsigned int n = SPI.transfer(0x00);        
		digitalWrite(cs, HIGH);
		int a=n & B00001111;    
		if(i==2){	
			int b=(n & B00110000)>>4; //24 hour mode
			if(b==B00000010)
				b=20;        
			else if(b==B00000001)
				b=10;
			TimeDate[i]=a+b;
		}
		else if(i==4){
			int b=(n & B00110000)>>4;
			TimeDate[i]=a+b*10;
		}
		else if(i==5){
			int b=(n & B00010000)>>4;
			TimeDate[i]=a+b*10;
		}
		else if(i==6){
			int b=(n & B11110000)>>4;
			TimeDate[i]=a+b*10;
		}
		else{	
			int b=(n & B01110000)>>4;
			TimeDate[i]=a+b*10;	
			}
	}
        /* ORIG output
	temp.concat(TimeDate[4]); // tag
	temp.concat("/") ;
	temp.concat(TimeDate[5]); // monat
	temp.concat("/") ;
	temp.concat(TimeDate[6]); // jahr
	temp.concat("     ") ;
	temp.concat(TimeDate[2]); // stunde
	temp.concat(":") ;
	temp.concat(TimeDate[1]); // minute
	temp.concat(":") ;
	temp.concat(TimeDate[0]); // sekunde
        */
        
        /////
        // custom
        
        //temp.concat(" -- ");
        
        String DD = String( TimeDate[4] );
        if (DD.length()==1){ DD = "0"+DD; }
        
        String MM = String( TimeDate[5] );
        if (MM.length()==1){ MM = "0"+MM; }

        String YYYY = String( TimeDate[6] );
        if (YYYY.length()==1){ YYYY = "200"+YYYY; }
        if (YYYY.length()==2){ YYYY = "20"+YYYY;  } // ;o)
        if (YYYY.length()==3){ YYYY = "2"+YYYY;  }  // ;o)
        
        temp.concat( YYYY );
        temp.concat( "-" );
        temp.concat( MM );
        temp.concat( "-" );
        temp.concat( DD );
        
        
        String hh = String( TimeDate[2] );
        if (hh.length()==1){ hh = "0"+hh; }
        
        String mm = String( TimeDate[1] );
        if (mm.length()==1){ mm = "0"+mm; }
        
        String ss = String( TimeDate[0] );
        if (ss.length()==1){ ss = "0"+ss; }
        
        temp.concat(" ");
        temp.concat( hh );
        temp.concat( ":" );
        temp.concat( mm );
        temp.concat( ":" );
        temp.concat( ss );
        //
        /////
  return(temp);
}