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Depends on #5947 (second part of #5399).

  • per-type discharge lookup tables for LiPo, Li-Ion (18650) and new LiFePO4, before/after values: Battery usermod/general update 2026 #5399 (comment)
  • configured min/max range is mapped onto the 1S table, multi-cell packs keep working
  • "Unknown" type removed, existing configs fall back to LiPo
  • readme: multi-cell wiring, guide for custom battery types

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  • New Features

    • Added support for LiFePO4 batteries alongside LiPo and Li-ion, with battery-level estimates based on discharge curves.
    • Added guidance for configuring multi-cell battery packs and custom battery types.
    • Low-power indications can reactivate when the battery reaches the configured threshold.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Invalid voltage readings no longer produce misleading battery levels. Auto-off and MQTT updates now wait for valid readings.
    • Low-power indications run for their configured duration, even if readings recover or become invalid.
    • Battery status displays avoid showing invalid update times.

Cleanup (no functional change):
- remove dead code, template comments and unused getters/setters
- createBattery() factory, virtual destructor in UMBattery
- calculateAndSetLevel() in base class, types only implement mapVoltage()
- consolidate config reading into readFromConfig(), add override keywords
- registerMqttSensor() helper

Fixes:
- reject out-of-range voltage readings, invalidate level, re-seed filter
- auto-off and low power indicator wait for a valid level
- low power indication always finishes its duration
- clamp thresholds, keep reactivation threshold reachable
- no ADC read in addToConfig(), guard addToJsonState() on boot
- clamp 'Next update', roundf() in dot2round()
- uint8_t enum base, seed batteryConfig defaults, stricter configComplete
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The battery usermod adds LiFePO4 support and discharge-curve lookup tables for supported battery types. It validates sampled voltages, updates low-power indication and configuration handling, and adjusts JSON and MQTT reporting.

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Battery usermod

Layer / File(s) Summary
Battery model and discharge curves
usermods/Battery/UMBattery.h, usermods/Battery/battery_defaults.h, usermods/Battery/types/*, usermods/Battery/types/UnkownUMBattery.h, usermods/Battery/readme.md
The base class adds lookup-table interpolation and voltage and level validation. LiPo and Li-ion use discharge tables, LiFePO4 is added, and the Unknown type is removed. The README documents battery types, pack voltage configuration, and custom type setup.
Sampling and low-power indication
usermods/Battery/Battery.cpp
Sampling checks pin and voltage validity, reseeds smoothing after invalid readings, and guards auto-off and MQTT publication. The low-power indicator tracks its active duration and reactivation threshold.
Setup, configuration, and reporting
usermods/Battery/Battery.cpp
Setup selects a battery implementation. Configuration loading and serialization, JSON state output, MQTT registration, and validated settings are updated.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

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sequenceDiagram
  participant UsermodBattery
  participant ADC
  participant UMBattery
  participant MQTT
  UsermodBattery->>ADC: Sample allocated pin
  ADC-->>UsermodBattery: Return voltage reading
  UsermodBattery->>UMBattery: Validate and store voltage
  UsermodBattery->>UMBattery: Calculate or invalidate level
  UsermodBattery->>MQTT: Publish when voltage is valid
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Possibly related PRs

  • wled/WLED#5947: Adds the battery factory and base validation and level-handling methods that this PR extends with lookup-table mapping and LiFePO4 support.
  • wled/WLED#5950: Continues the battery usermod work from this PR and includes its lookup-table types, factory selection, and voltage validation changes.

Suggested labels: enhancement, usermod, documentation

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The change is mergeable with owner awareness, but battery indication, voltage readings, MQTT discovery, and the wiring guide retain localized risks that should be corrected.

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Comment on lines +76 to 97
void lowPowerIndicator() {
if (!lowPowerIndicatorEnabled) return;
if (batteryPin < 0) return; // no measurement
if (lowPowerIndicationDone && lowPowerIndicatorReactivationThreshold <= bat->getLevel()) lowPowerIndicationDone = false;
if (lowPowerIndicatorThreshold <= bat->getLevel()) return;
if (lowPowerIndicationDone) return;
if (lowPowerActivationTime <= 1) {
lowPowerActivationTime = millis();
lastPreset = currentPreset;
applyPreset(lowPowerIndicatorPreset);
// finish an active indication even if the level recovered or became invalid
if (lowPowerIndicatorActive) {
if (millis() - lowPowerActivationTime >= (unsigned long)lowPowerIndicatorDuration * 1000) {
lowPowerIndicationDone = true;
lowPowerIndicatorActive = false;
applyPreset(lastPreset);
}
return;
}

if (lowPowerActivationTime+(lowPowerIndicatorDuration*1000) <= millis()) {
lowPowerIndicationDone = true;
lowPowerActivationTime = 0;
applyPreset(lastPreset);
}
const int8_t level = bat->getLevel();
if (level < 0) return; // wait for first valid reading
if (lowPowerIndicationDone && lowPowerIndicatorReactivationThreshold <= level) lowPowerIndicationDone = false;
if (lowPowerIndicatorThreshold <= level) return;
if (lowPowerIndicationDone) return;
lowPowerIndicatorActive = true;
lowPowerActivationTime = millis();
lastPreset = currentPreset;
applyPreset(lowPowerIndicatorPreset);
}

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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Finish an active indication before the enabled and pin guards.

Lines 77–78 return early before the lowPowerIndicatorActive block runs. This breaks the indication when either guard changes while an indication runs:

  • The user turns off the indicator in the settings.
  • The pin becomes -1, for example after a failed reallocation.

In both cases, applyPreset(lastPreset) never runs and lowPowerIndicatorActive stays true. The low-power preset stays applied indefinitely. This also contradicts the changelog entry that the indication "always finishes its duration".

🐛 Proposed fix
--- "a/usermods/Battery/Battery.cpp"
+++ "b/usermods/Battery/Battery.cpp"
@@ -73,19 +73,19 @@
 
     // Indicate low power by activating a configured preset for a given time,
     // then switch back to the preset that was active before
     void lowPowerIndicator() {
-      if (!lowPowerIndicatorEnabled) return;
-      if (batteryPin < 0) return;  // no measurement
       // finish an active indication even if the level recovered or became invalid
       if (lowPowerIndicatorActive) {
         if (millis() - lowPowerActivationTime >= (unsigned long)lowPowerIndicatorDuration * 1000) {
           lowPowerIndicationDone = true;
           lowPowerIndicatorActive = false;
           applyPreset(lastPreset);
         }
         return;
       }
+      if (!lowPowerIndicatorEnabled) return;
+      if (batteryPin < 0) return;  // no measurement
       const int8_t level = bat->getLevel();
       if (level < 0) return; // wait for first valid reading
       if (lowPowerIndicationDone && lowPowerIndicatorReactivationThreshold <= level) lowPowerIndicationDone = false;
       if (lowPowerIndicatorThreshold <= level) return;
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void lowPowerIndicator() {
if (!lowPowerIndicatorEnabled) return;
if (batteryPin < 0) return; // no measurement
if (lowPowerIndicationDone && lowPowerIndicatorReactivationThreshold <= bat->getLevel()) lowPowerIndicationDone = false;
if (lowPowerIndicatorThreshold <= bat->getLevel()) return;
if (lowPowerIndicationDone) return;
if (lowPowerActivationTime <= 1) {
lowPowerActivationTime = millis();
lastPreset = currentPreset;
applyPreset(lowPowerIndicatorPreset);
// finish an active indication even if the level recovered or became invalid
if (lowPowerIndicatorActive) {
if (millis() - lowPowerActivationTime >= (unsigned long)lowPowerIndicatorDuration * 1000) {
lowPowerIndicationDone = true;
lowPowerIndicatorActive = false;
applyPreset(lastPreset);
}
return;
}
if (lowPowerActivationTime+(lowPowerIndicatorDuration*1000) <= millis()) {
lowPowerIndicationDone = true;
lowPowerActivationTime = 0;
applyPreset(lastPreset);
}
const int8_t level = bat->getLevel();
if (level < 0) return; // wait for first valid reading
if (lowPowerIndicationDone && lowPowerIndicatorReactivationThreshold <= level) lowPowerIndicationDone = false;
if (lowPowerIndicatorThreshold <= level) return;
if (lowPowerIndicationDone) return;
lowPowerIndicatorActive = true;
lowPowerActivationTime = millis();
lastPreset = currentPreset;
applyPreset(lowPowerIndicatorPreset);
}
void lowPowerIndicator() {
// finish an active indication even if the level recovered or became invalid
if (lowPowerIndicatorActive) {
if (millis() - lowPowerActivationTime >= (unsigned long)lowPowerIndicatorDuration * 1000) {
lowPowerIndicationDone = true;
lowPowerIndicatorActive = false;
applyPreset(lastPreset);
}
return;
}
if (!lowPowerIndicatorEnabled) return;
if (batteryPin < 0) return; // no measurement
const int8_t level = bat->getLevel();
if (level < 0) return; // wait for first valid reading
if (lowPowerIndicationDone && lowPowerIndicatorReactivationThreshold <= level) lowPowerIndicationDone = false;
if (lowPowerIndicatorThreshold <= level) return;
if (lowPowerIndicationDone) return;
lowPowerIndicatorActive = true;
lowPowerActivationTime = millis();
lastPreset = currentPreset;
applyPreset(lowPowerIndicatorPreset);
}
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Reorder the guards in lowPowerIndicator() so the lowPowerIndicatorActive
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String nameLower = name;
nameLower.toLowerCase();
sprintf_P(uid, PSTR("%s_%s_%s"), escapedMac.c_str(), nameLower.c_str(), type);

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Pass type.c_str() to %s, and use a bounded format call.

type is a const String &. Line 118 passes the String object itself through the variadic argument list to %s, which is undefined behavior. The Home Assistant uniq_id can come out garbled. Line 141 has the same problem. sprintf_P into uid[128] and buf[128] also has no bounds check.

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-      sprintf_P(uid, PSTR("%s_%s_%s"), escapedMac.c_str(), nameLower.c_str(), type);
+      snprintf_P(uid, sizeof(uid), PSTR("%s_%s_%s"), escapedMac.c_str(), nameLower.c_str(), type.c_str());

Apply the same change at Line 141:

      snprintf_P(buf, sizeof(buf), PSTR("homeassistant/%s/%s/%s/config"), type.c_str(), mqttClientID, uid);

As per coding guidelines, "Flag strcpy, sprintf, unchecked memory access ... Prefer bounded alternatives for string operations (strnlen, strncmp, strncpy, strlcpy, snprintf)."

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String nameLower = name;
nameLower.toLowerCase();
sprintf_P(uid, PSTR("%s_%s_%s"), escapedMac.c_str(), nameLower.c_str(), type);
String nameLower = name;
nameLower.toLowerCase();
snprintf_P(uid, sizeof(uid), PSTR("%s_%s_%s"), escapedMac.c_str(), nameLower.c_str(), type.c_str());
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void setup() override {
// plug in the right battery type
delete bat;
bat = createBattery(cfg.type);
// update the chosen battery type with configured values
bat->update(cfg);

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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Initialize the voltage sentinel on a recreated battery object.

setup() deletes bat and builds a new object. UMBattery::voltage (UMBattery.h Line 24) has no initializer, so the new object starts with an indeterminate voltage.

On ESP32, readFromConfig() calls setup() again when the pin changes at runtime. At that point isFirstVoltageReading is already false. The next interval then reads prevVoltage = bat->getVoltage(), which is uninitialized heap memory. The reseed check prevVoltage < 0.0f in Line 246 runs only if that memory happens to be negative. Otherwise the smoothing filter blends the reading with an arbitrary value, which can be NaN. The voltage and level are then wrong for several intervals.

Initialize the member to the invalid sentinel. The reseed path then handles every new object.

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-        float voltage;
+        float voltage = -1.0f;  // invalid until the first valid reading
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Initialize the voltage member of UMBattery to the invalid sentinel so every
newly created battery object enters the existing reseed path. Keep the setup
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Packs with cells in series work too. Set `min-voltage` / `max-voltage` to the **whole-pack** values (per-cell voltage × cell count) — the usermod maps the pack range onto the battery type's discharge curve. Pick the voltage divider (R1 from battery + to the tap, R2 from the tap to GND, tap to the ADC pin) so the tapped voltage stays below 3.3 V at full charge:

```text
1. voltage-multiplier ≥ max-voltage / 3.3 V (round up for safety margin)
2. pick R2 (100 kΩ is a good default)
3. R1 = R2 × (voltage-multiplier − 1)
4. check: max-voltage / voltage-multiplier < 3.3 V

where: voltage-multiplier = (R1 + R2) / R2
```

Example — 3S Li-Ion (18650), 7.8 – 12.6 V:

1. 12.6 V / 3.3 V = 3.8 → round up: `voltage-multiplier` = **4.0**
2. R2 = 100 kΩ
3. R1 = 100 kΩ × (4.0 − 1) = **300 kΩ**
4. tap at full charge: 12.6 V / 4.0 = 3.15 V ✔

Settings: type `Li-Ion`, `min-voltage` = **7.8**, `max-voltage` = **12.6**, `voltage-multiplier` = **4.0**

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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Lower the target tap voltage in the multi-cell divider guide.

The guide sizes the divider so the tapped voltage stays below 3.3 V. The ESP32 code path uses analogReadMilliVolts() at the default attenuation. The comment at Battery.cpp Line 101 gives that range as about 150 mV to 2450 mV. Above about 2.45 V, the ADC becomes nonlinear and then saturates near 3.1 V.

In the 3S example, the tap reaches 3.15 V at full charge. A user who follows this example gets clipped or wrong readings near full charge. The computed level is then wrong in the upper part of the curve.

The built-in default (ESP32, equal resistors, multiplier 2.0, LiPo at 4.2 V) gives a 2.1 V tap. That default already stays inside the accurate range.

On ESP8266, the limit depends on the board: about 1 V on a bare A0 pin, about 3.2–3.3 V with an onboard divider.

📝 Proposed doc fix
-Packs with cells in series work too. ... so the tapped voltage stays below 3.3 V at full charge:
+Packs with cells in series work too. ... so the tapped voltage stays inside the ADC's accurate range at full charge (ESP32: ≤ ~2.45 V at default attenuation):
 
 ```text
-1. voltage-multiplier ≥ max-voltage / 3.3 V     (round up for safety margin)
+1. voltage-multiplier ≥ max-voltage / 2.4 V     (ESP32; round up for safety margin)
 2. pick R2                                      (100 kΩ is a good default)
 3. R1 = R2 × (voltage-multiplier − 1)
-4. check: max-voltage / voltage-multiplier < 3.3 V
+4. check: max-voltage / voltage-multiplier < 2.45 V
 ...
-1. 12.6 V / 3.3 V = 3.8 → round up: `voltage-multiplier` = **4.0**
+1. 12.6 V / 2.4 V = 5.25 → use R1 = 470 kΩ, R2 = 100 kΩ: `voltage-multiplier` = **5.7**
 2. R2 = 100 kΩ
-3. R1 = 100 kΩ × (4.0 − 1) = **300 kΩ**
-4. tap at full charge: 12.6 V / 4.0 = 3.15 V ✔
+3. R1 = 100 kΩ × (5.7 − 1) = **470 kΩ**
+4. tap at full charge: 12.6 V / 5.7 ≈ 2.21 V ✔
 
-Settings: type `Li-Ion`, `min-voltage` = **7.8**, `max-voltage` = **12.6**, `voltage-multiplier` = **4.0**
+Settings: type `Li-Ion`, `min-voltage` = **7.8**, `max-voltage` = **12.6**, `voltage-multiplier` = **5.7**
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Review comment at @usermods/Battery/readme.md around lines 55 - 73:
Update the multi-cell divider guide and 3S example so they size the tap for the
ADC’s accurate range, not merely below 3.3 V. For ESP32 at default attenuation,
use a conservative target around 2.4 V and adjust the example’s multiplier,
resistor values, and settings consistently; retain a clear board-dependent
caveat for ESP8266 rather than implying one universal limit.

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- per-type discharge lookup tables (LiPo, Li-Ion/18650, LiFePO4) replace linear/piecewise mapping
- configured min/max range is normalized onto the 1S table, multi-cell packs keep working
- remove the Unknown battery type, existing configs fall back to LiPo
- readme: multi-cell wiring guide, custom battery type guide
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