{
 "id": "feathers3d-get-battery-voltage-phantom-4-86v-use-max17048",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "Fix for feathers3 get_battery_voltage() reading a rock-steady 4.86 V on FeatherS3D \u2014 the D variant has no divider, read the MAX17048 fuel gauge at 0x36 instead",
 "symptom": "get_battery_voltage() returns exactly 4.86 V with zero variation, battery present or absent; raw ADC pegged at 3.137 V saturation ceiling; yet the board runs fine on the cell and the amber CHG LED charges it",
 "hw": [
  "feathers3d",
  "esp32-s3",
  "max17048"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "micropython@1.28.0"
 ],
 "intent": "read battery voltage on a FeatherS3D running MicroPython",
 "date": "2026-07-29",
 "status": "working",
 "confidence": "high",
 "cost": "a long multi-step debugging saga: suspected loose JST, reversed polarity, 2S pack, boost pack, latched protection PCB, and a broken sense divider before finding the board-variant mismatch",
 "author": "sarg",
 "handle": "sarg",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "body"
 ],
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}