Hello everyone, I have built a simple mini itx computer over the past few days that runs off a 12V SLA battery. I have devised a simple circuit that monitors the battery's output level via a comparator. The logic goes low when the battery voltage reaches 11.5V, from a fully charged voltage of roughly 13V.
I was wondering if it was possible to use the COM port's control lines and a level converter of some kind (Probably a signal transistor) to automatically shut down the computer safely rather than just let it brown out.
If this is possible, can anyone give me any pointers as this will be my first project to use any code. I'm more of a hardware kind of guy.
Thanks for any help
EDIT - What would be the best language to use? would some kind of Javascript, Python script or a good old fashioned Batch script be best?
I was wondering if it was possible to use the COM port's control lines and a level converter of some kind (Probably a signal transistor) to automatically shut down the computer safely rather than just let it brown out.
If this is possible, can anyone give me any pointers as this will be my first project to use any code. I'm more of a hardware kind of guy.
Thanks for any help
EDIT - What would be the best language to use? would some kind of Javascript, Python script or a good old fashioned Batch script be best?
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