Prototype of Battery Monitoring System for Gasoline Vehicle using Microcontroller Module
Heru Supriyono1, Raden Adrian Rafli Prasetyo 1, Adi Sasono1, Mahmud Iwan Solihin2

1 Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta, Surakarta, Indonesia
2 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Abstract

The condition of the battery in the gasoline vehicle is very important to know because if the condition of the battery has decreased or is not good then it would not be able to start the car engine in the initial ignition phase. The objective of this research is to obtain a battery condition monitoring system on a gasoline car by using a microcontroller based system. The monitoring system was developed by using research and development method and employing off the shelf components available in the market. The obtained monitoring system was tested on a laboratory scale as well as on an actual gasoline car battery. Laboratory-based and actual environment test results showed that the system was able to measure temperature and voltage well, which has an average difference of 1.058% and 1.010814787% when compared to the measurement results using a commercial thermometer and voltmeter respectively. The system worked stable without any drastic results change. The obtained system could be useful for automotive and transportation areas where the driver will be able to know the battery condition continuously for daily usage and preventif maintenance.

Keywords: Battery monitoring- battery condition- onitoring system- microcontroller- voltage monitoring

Topic: Engineering