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Sensing & measuring current from 2.8V to 11V voltage battery

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We need to sense and measure the current from a battery which could be anywhere between 2.8V and 11V terminal voltage ...as follows...

https://i41.tinypic.com/2hf5teu.jpg

....an ADC of a micro will end up sensing the output voltage of whichever current sense method that gets used.

Can you suggest a relatively cheap current sense method for this setup?
(the ZXCT1009 cannot work down to 2.8V)

The current will be anywhere between 50mA and 2A.
 

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Hello,
We need to sense and measure the current from a battery which could be anywhere between 2.8V and 11V terminal voltage ...as follows...

https://i41.tinypic.com/2hf5teu.jpg

....an ADC of a micro will end up sensing the output voltage of whichever current sense method that gets used.

Can you suggest a relatively cheap current sense method for this setup?
(the ZXCT1009 cannot work down to 2.8V)

The current will be anywhere between 50mA and 2A.
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the cheapest method of current sensing is thrown sense(shunt) resistor. and there will be two methods the high side and low side, low side method will be easier. I have made a current sensor with this method and it gives pretty nice results with resolution of 10mA.
 
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So why not use the LT6106 as shown in the referenced schematic? Its price is only slightly over a $1US.
 
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