High DC Current Sensing with a Raspberry Pi and Python

Do you want to measure high DC current (and 0–26V) using a raspberry pi or similar, inexpensively? 10 amps? 100 amps? Maybe 500A? Enough of the cheesy salesman talk.

Seb Hulse
8 min readJan 22, 2021

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My solution is to ‘hack’ an INA219 current sensor by removing (desoldering) the 0.1 Ohm resistor and ‘replacing’ it with a high-current shunt. Don’t worry, it’s not very difficult.

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Seb Hulse

I write about what I’m learning — usually with a technical focus. Let’s enlighten one another! sebhulse.com