A battery monitor is like a gas gauge, showing you how much electrical power is left (known as state of charge) as well as other vital signs. Today adding a monitor to a boat battery is easier than ...

Almost every boat today has a voltmeter of some kind—either as a dedicated gauge or as part of a multifunction display. But voltage does not tell the whole story when it comes to marine battery status ...

These days Bluetooth-based gadgets are everywhere, including for car and solar batteries. After connecting them up to the battery, you download the accompanying app on your smartphone, open it up and ...

Hackster.io member Gorkem Ziya Yanik has created a Raspberry Pi battery monitor project which she has kindly published to the Hackster.io website for your viewing pleasure. If you are using your ...

A little over a a year ago, we covered an impressive battery monitor that [Timo Birnschein] was designing for his boat. With dedicated batteries for starting the engines, cranking over the generator, ...

Overcharging the battery, recharging the battery when it isn’t fully drained, etc. impact the life of the battery. Monitoring its parameters from time to time could help you act on time and save the ...

Battery connections made with tab washers on a four-cell jar. The bank must be taken offline to make this type of connection. Stationary battery systems are among the most critical substation assets ...

The Internet of Things, or IoT, refers to the growing number of interconnected devices that monitor everything from heart rates to room temperatures or building occupants. New applications are created ...