I initially was going to use an Arduino and some npn transistors in order to turn on or off LEDs depending on battery voltage.
I want to turn on either R, G, or B of a LED strip depending on the voltage of a battery. Green for 12v to 11v, blue for 11v to 10.5v, and red from 10.5v to 9.9v. Originally I was going to use the Arduino but I do not have enough patience to learn how to write code for it. I have found lots of premade projects that are close to what I'm trying to do but not exact and I tried for a week to make it work with out any luck. And it seems very hard to get help from the "programming guys"...
So now I am wondering if I can do this with mosfets or some IC. I was wondering if there is a way the trigger on and off a mosfet depending on a certain voltage in the range of 12v and 10v? And if a mosfet is not what I should be using then what can I use in order to achieve this?
Or if someone could point me in the right direction.
It would just be nice to have a big visual identifier of the battery voltage level for my upcoming project
Thanks
I want to turn on either R, G, or B of a LED strip depending on the voltage of a battery. Green for 12v to 11v, blue for 11v to 10.5v, and red from 10.5v to 9.9v. Originally I was going to use the Arduino but I do not have enough patience to learn how to write code for it. I have found lots of premade projects that are close to what I'm trying to do but not exact and I tried for a week to make it work with out any luck. And it seems very hard to get help from the "programming guys"...
So now I am wondering if I can do this with mosfets or some IC. I was wondering if there is a way the trigger on and off a mosfet depending on a certain voltage in the range of 12v and 10v? And if a mosfet is not what I should be using then what can I use in order to achieve this?
Or if someone could point me in the right direction.
It would just be nice to have a big visual identifier of the battery voltage level for my upcoming project
Thanks