Battery Voltage

Battery Voltage - Photon 2

The Photon 2 does not have a fuel gauge chip, however you can determine the voltage of the LiPo battery, if present. The P2 does not include a LiPo battery connector, but if you connect your battery to VBAT_MEAS, this technique also works with the P2.

float voltage = analogRead(A6) / 819.2;

The constant is from the ADC range (0 - 4095) mapped to the voltage from 0 - 5 VDC (the maximum supported on VBAT_MEAS).

There is a CHG pin defined on the P2, however it does not work properly.

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The current Photon 2 hardware is unable to reliably read the CHG pin. In particular, if you have a Photon 2 powered by both USB and battery and is charging, then unplug the USB power, the charge LED will turn off, but the CHG pin will not change state. This is a hardware issue and cannot be fixed in software.

The charge indicator on the Photon 2 can be read using:

pinMode(CHG, INPUT_PULLUP);
bool charging = digitalRead(CHG);

On the Photon 2, the CHG digital input is HIGH (1) when charging and LOW (0) when not charging, however you must set pinMode(CHG, INPUT_PULLUP). You only have to set pinMode once, such as in setup.