{"id":3270,"date":"2022-11-15T17:21:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T17:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.little.org\/blog\/?p=3270"},"modified":"2026-10-10T13:25:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T20:25:51","slug":"power-meter-irl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.little.org\/blog\/2022\/11\/15\/power-meter-irl\/","title":{"rendered":"Power meter IRL"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sharing some changes I made to an open source battery dispenser&#8230; it needed a power level indicator&#8230; perhaps I should make it show the level in milliamp-hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-id=\"3272\" src=\"https:\/\/www.little.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_5673.jpeg\" alt=\"\" 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src=\"https:\/\/www.little.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_5677.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.little.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_5677.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/www.little.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_5677-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" data-id=\"3279\" src=\"https:\/\/www.little.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_5680.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.little.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_5680.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/www.little.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_5680-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" data-id=\"3278\" src=\"https:\/\/www.little.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_5681.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.little.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_5681.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/www.little.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_5681-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" data-id=\"3277\" src=\"https:\/\/www.little.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_5682-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.little.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_5682-1.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/www.little.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_5682-1-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Update 10\/9\/2026<br>Don&#8217;t buy these off Etsy, 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