Photon power shield

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I’m new to this i was wandering how to read battery level on my photon battery shield and publish it to the cloud. I’m working remote temperature unit

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This should work
https://build.particle.io/libs/PowerShield/0.0.5

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Furthermore, reading the docs, and browsing the forums does actually help.

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Ive Been looking at that but not sure what to do.

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Yes i been do int that but not been able get things working.

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Try the sample that comes with it
https://build.particle.io/libs/PowerShield/0.0.5/tab/example/2_Publish_voltage_readings.ino

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Hello. I am testing the particle photon power shield, using the example in the library just to publish the SoC and voltage readings in the cloud. Unfortunately, the readings are always SoC= 256 and Voltage = 5. I’ve read extensively almost all the discussions in the forum regarding this 256 SoC wrong reading but have not found the solution. Photon is running 0.6.3. Thanks for the help.

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And you have the device unplugged just powered via battery?

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Yes. Only the battery is plugged (no USB). The battery is the one provided by the power shield. I also tried it with another battery that came with an electron kit but same readings. I have it running all day to also see how long the battery runs and publishing the SoC values. no changes so far.