Introduction

Sometimes battery information is not readily available or is hard to understand at a glance. Our Battery Capacity Indicator is a user friendly indicator interface that you can use in your projects.

Specification

Board Overview
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LABEL NAME FUNCTION
1 CLK CLOCK
2 DIO DATA
3 VCC Power Input +(3.3V-5.5V)
4 GND GND

Tutorial

This tutorial will demonstrate how to use the Battery Capacity Indicator.

Requirements

Connection Diagram

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Sample Code

Battery Capacity Indicator libraries About Library installation.

#include "TM1651.h"
#define CLK 3//pins definitions for TM1651 and can be changed to other ports
#define DIO 2
TM1651 batteryDisplay(CLK,DIO);
void setup()
{
  batteryDisplay.init();
  batteryDisplay.set(5);//0 ~ 7 mean to different brightness;
  batteryDisplay.frame(FRAME_ON);//light the frame of the battery display or FRAME_OFF to turn off the frame of the battery display
}
void loop()
{
  charging();
}

void charging()
{
  for(uint8_t level = 0; level < 6; level ++)
  {
    batteryDisplay.displayLevel(level);
    delay(500);
  }
}

FAQ

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