Scott, Jonathan B.Pennington, KyleSchwarz, SergeiRowe, Philip2011-11-022011-11-022011Scott, J., Pennington, K., Schwarz, S. & Rowe, P. (2011). Vehicle lead-acid battery state-of-charge meter. To be published in the Proceedings of the 37th IEEE International Conference on Industrial Electronics, 7-10 November 2011, Melbourne Australia.https://hdl.handle.net/10289/5850We describe a state-of-charge, or “residual-capacity” meter for lead-acid batteries that intelligently synthesizes coulometric and terminal-voltage methods in a new algorithm to provide reliable, continuous readout of remaining capacity. Novel electronic circuit design eliminates the need to install a shunt in the vehicle. The meter learns the characteristics of a battery to which it is attached, removing the need for setup, customisation, programming or calibration at time of installation or battery replacement. The meter can thus be installed by unqualified personnel. Initial measurements suggest the design to be robust and accurate.application/pdfen©2011 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. However, permission to reprint/republish this material for advertising or promotional purposes or for creating new collective works for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or to reuse any copyrighted component of this work in other works must be obtained from the IEEE.state-of-charge meterresidual-capacity meterlead-acid batteriesConference Contribution10.1109/IECON.2011.6119556