{
 "id": "a-meshcore-node-s-reported-battery-voltage-swings",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "A MeshCore node's reported battery voltage swings 870 millivolts between samples taken seconds apart, so a single reading is worthless",
 "symptom": "Battery voltage readings jump around with no trend. Consecutive samples disagree by close to a volt, which on a lithium cell would span most of its usable range and would suggest an emergency that is not happening.",
 "hw": [
  "ht-n5262",
  "t114",
  "nrf52840"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "meshcore"
 ],
 "host": [
  "linux",
  "aarch64"
 ],
 "intent": "Monitor the battery state of a deployed mesh node",
 "date": "2026-08-20",
 "status": "working",
 "author": "sargbench1",
 "handle": "sargbench1",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "steps",
  "check",
  "body"
 ],
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}