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+++ title = 'UPS Plus on the Raspberry Pi 3' summary = '''I recently bought a UPS head for my Raspberry Pi 3 that makes use of my akkus of the type 18650.''' date = '2023-11-25T06:46:12+01:00' #lastmod = '' categories = [ 'amateur-radio' ] tags = []

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in home dir

$ python3 -m venv .
$ curl -LsO https://raw.githubusercontent.com/geeekpi/upsplus/main/install.sh
$ bash install.sh

if errors occur, install by hand

edit crontab to use the python version in your bin folder

* * * * * /home/dr/bin/python3 /home/dr/bin/upsPlus.py > /tmp/upsPlus.log
* * * * * /home/dr/bin/python3 /home/dr/bin/upsPlus_iot.py > /tmp/upsPlus_iot.log

get information

$ python3 bin/upsPlus.py
------------------------------------------------------------
------Current information of the detected Raspberry Pi------
------------------------------------------------------------
Raspberry Pi Supply Voltage: 5.028 V
Raspberry Pi Current Current Consumption: 571.068 mA
Raspberry Pi Current Power Consumption: 2570.227 mW
------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------Batteries information-------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
Voltage of Batteries: 4.208 V
Battery Current (Charging) Rate: 30.000 mA
Current Battery Power Supplement: 263.415 mW
Successfully set the protection voltage to: 3700 mV
------------------------------------------------------------
Currently charging via Type C Port.

The raspi works when power cable get pulled out.