# Any way to determine if my battery is being charged?

**URL:** <https://community.particle.io/t/any-way-to-determine-if-my-battery-is-being-charged/29400>\
**Category:** Hardware\
**Created:** [February 19, 2017, 4:10am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/any-way-to-determine-if-my-battery-is-being-charged/29400 "2017-02-19T04:10:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![whip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/439d5e/32.png) [@whip](https://community.particle.io/u/whip)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2017, 4:26am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/any-way-to-determine-if-my-battery-is-being-charged/29400/3 "2017-02-19T04:26:17Z")

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Thanks for the quick response.

Are you suggesting just reading voltage and soc for an _upward_ change, and assume it’s being charged? I thought of this as well but was hoping there was a better solution.

When I plug the photons micro-b usb to my laptop, a red LED on the battery shield lights to indicate a charge source has been connected. I was really looking forward to somehow tap into whatever logic is determining this.

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