Changing signal from sender to gauge to make gauge read correctly ..#2

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zonegrise

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Alec_t

Joined Sep 17, 2013
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My original circuit was designed for senders with a near-zero Ohm minimum resistance. Off-hand I can't think of a simple modification to cover a 500 Ohm minimum while still preserving a reasonably linear response over the whole resistance range, but I'll look into it when I have time.
 

Jerry-Hat-Trick

Joined Aug 31, 2022
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Presumably this is a fuel tank sender and a hot wire/bimetal gauge which would normally be connected in series with the sender. I’d use an ATtiny85 processor (powered by 5V by linear regulator) to read the voltage at the sender wiper when 5V is across it and convert this to a PWM output driving a transistor to vary the (average) voltage across the gauge. Typically these gauges are horribly non linear, so if you want better accuracy you could calibrate and use a lookup table. Use an additional ADC pin with a potential divider to correct the output according to the measured battery voltage.
 

Alec_t

Joined Sep 17, 2013
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Is your gauge a modern electronic one, or an old-school cross-field analogue one?

Edit:
Ready made Ohms converters are available, such as this.
 
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