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[Bug]: Heltec tracker (and possibly all esp32-s3 targets) not properly setting usbPower detection
Category
Hardware Compatibility
Hardware
Heltec Wireless Tracker
Firmware Version
2.5.? (a private build from today's master)
Description
While working on something else I noticed that the heltec tracker isn't properly setting usbPowered detection to true when we are hooked to USB power. This will break many things ;-)
Alas - I can't look at this now but if no one has looked at it by October please pass it to me and I'll work on it.
Relevant log output
DEBUG | 00:34:59 46 [Power] Battery: usbPower=0, isCharging=0, batMv=3694, batPct=47
The Heltec Wireless Tracker is something unique, also in this regard. While charging, the reported voltage on the ADC pin is not the VIN voltage, but still the battery voltage but roughly 0.2V or so higher. So you cannot determine from the ADC pin alone whether the battery is charging. However, you can monitor the battery charge this way! So.. mixed bag, but Tracker-only.
With the Tracker v2 coming out soon, general consensus in the community that the power hardware in this module is a bit dodgy, and no progress on this issue for more than a year, it's time to close this issue to clean up the list.
