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After several tries, i was successful with reading stable battery voltage using internal voltage reference of 1.1v, now the issue i face is that i cannot read stable sensor voltage, could you please let me know how can i read my sensor voltage? or do i need additional voltage divider (my sensor goes directly to A0 and GND pin).

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    Looking at your past posts, you are repeatedly using the wrong code and then asking why it doesn't work. Maybe you should search how the ADC work. The reading from sensorValue = analogRead(A0) is a value ranging from 0 to 1023, to convert it to a voltage, the formula is voltage = (sensorValue/Vref) * 1023, where Vref is the reference Voltage you are using, in this case, it is 1.1v. Furthermore, you can't get a correct sensorValue if your input at A0 is HIGHER than the Vref, you will get the wrong value!
    – hcheung
    Feb 28 at 5:10
  • @hcheung ok,understood. i will change now and update. before i do so please ans my question: 1) if i use vref as 1.1v, do i need to measure my battery voltage, will it affect the code in any way? because my system only requires sensor measurement that's it. i am following this link (electronoobs.com/eng_arduino_tut156.php) that says we need to measure battery voltage then we can use it with the sensor code. i will update you with the results please stay connected Feb 28 at 5:22
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    Whether you want to measure and calibrate the Vref, it is +/-10% differences according to datasheet (I mentioned this already on my prefer answer, please read them). so that means the Vref could be in the range of 0.99 - 1.21v.
    – hcheung
    Feb 28 at 5:28
  • @hcheung Hi, please check the code above it displayed constant 0.00V. i have connected solar to a voltage divider that drops the voltage down to 0.85V. Feb 28 at 5:53
  • In the schematic above the LDR has been used in place solar panel due to the unavailability of the component in the software. Feb 28 at 5:59

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To measure the voltage at A0 with an internal reference of 1.1v, the formula is float voltage = 1.1 * analogRed(A0) / 1023;. Your code can be simplified as

float Vref = 1.1;

void setup(){
  Serial.begin(9600);
}

void loop() {
  analogReference (INTERNAL);
  float voltage = Vref * analogRead(A0) / 1023;
  Serial.print (“voltage at A0:”);
  Serial.println(voltage);
  Serial.print (“Solar panel voltage:”);
  Serial.println(voltage * 5.7);
  delay(1000);
}
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