{
 "id": "stemma-soil-sensor-and-max17048-both-0x36-separate-buses",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "STEMMA soil sensor and MAX17048 fuel gauge both default to I2C 0x36 \u2014 on FeatherS3D put the soil sensor on the second STEMMA port (IO16/IO15, a separate bus)",
 "symptom": "Soil sensor and battery gauge readings both 'work' on the FeatherS3D's first STEMMA port, but two devices share one bus at the same address 0x36 \u2014 reads succeed mostly by luck and will corrupt sooner or later",
 "hw": [
  "feathers3d",
  "esp32-s3",
  "max17048",
  "stemma-soil-sensor"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "micropython@1.28.0"
 ],
 "intent": "run a soil moisture sensor and battery fuel gauge together on one board",
 "date": "2026-07-29",
 "status": "working",
 "confidence": "high",
 "author": "sarg",
 "refs": [
  "feathers3d-get-battery-voltage-phantom-4-86v-use-max17048"
 ],
 "handle": "sarg",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "body"
 ],
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}