Does anyone know how to check the battery voltage constantly?

Is there any software or command can show battery voltage and discharge current or charge current constantly?

You can try this command:
cat /sys/class/power_supply/axp20x-battery/uevent

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You can install the xfce4-sensors-plugin with apt and then add the sensors to the top panel. It shows battery voltage and power draw +/- depending on charging/discharging.

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wow some has already written code for this???

sudo watch -n 1 cat /sys/class/power_supply/axp20x-battery/uevent
and if you want just the current info
sudo watch -n 1 "cat /sys/class/power_supply/axp20x-battery/uevent|grep NOW"

(you might need to replace the " with ` - i cant figure out the escaping to show it correctly on this forum)

use 3 ` before and after the code, like so:

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makes it look like this:

sudo watch -n 1 `cat /sys/class/power_supply/axp20x-battery/uevent|grep NOW`
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This is just standard linux software that also works on the uConsole, or in the case of @sunmin’s post it is data exposed by the linux kernel itself.

so question… i know… when windows mobile 6.1 (i think it was that one) came out… one version had a bug that checked battery 5 times every second… and checking the battery… killed the battery… you adjusted the registry to check every 30s and it added like 2 hours of battery life (on windows phone)… is this idea taken into account?

May not even matter… i remember the first at&t portable phone i had… battery life was 45 minutes standby… 15 minute phone call… maybe that made me paranoid about battery life…

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powertop

Thanks,but I want see the battery voltage。 Not the cpu

Why I can`t find the curr1 option?

Hmm, mine is an A-06 unit. Is that what you’re using too?

I am using a CM4,haha。
At least I can see the voltage。 :grin: