Battery Charging Information

The ACT8945A device driver exposes some charging information in the user space at /sys/devices/platform/ahb/ahb:apb/fc018000.flexcom/fc018600.i2c/i2c-0/0-005b/act8945a-charger/power_supply/act8945a-charger.

Below is the list of all files provided, along with the API documentation quoted from Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-power and a comment about how it applies to the ACT8945A driver specifically.

• type:

  Describes the main type of the supply.
  
  Access: Read
  Valid values: "Battery", "UPS", "Mains", "USB", "Wireless"

  Supported values:

  • "Battery",

  • "Mains",

  • "USB"

• status:

  Represents the charging status of the battery. Normally this
  is read-only reporting although for some supplies this can be
  used to enable/disable charging to the battery.
  
  Access: Read, Write
  Valid values:
  	      "Unknown", "Charging", "Discharging",
  	      "Not charging", "Full"

  The file is actually read only, the driver not allowing to control the charging phase. Supported values:

  • "Charging"

  • "Full"

  • "Discharging"

  • "Not charging"

• capacity_level:

  Coarse representation of battery capacity.
  
  Access: Read
  Valid values:
  	      "Unknown", "Critical", "Low", "Normal", "High",
  	      "Full"

  All values are supported by the driver.

• charge_type:

  Represents the type of charging currently being applied to the
  battery. "Trickle", "Fast", and "Standard" all mean different
  charging speeds. "Adaptive" means that the charger uses some
  algorithm to adjust the charge rate dynamically, without
  any user configuration required. "Custom" means that the charger
  uses the charge_control_* properties as configuration for some
  different algorithm. "Long Life" means the charger reduces its
  charging rate in order to prolong the battery health. "Bypass"
  means the charger bypasses the charging path around the
  integrated converter allowing for a "smart" wall adaptor to
  perform the power conversion externally.
  
  Access: Read, Write
  Valid values:
  	      "Unknown", "N/A", "Trickle", "Fast", "Standard",
  	      "Adaptive", "Custom", "Long Life", "Bypass"

  The file is actually read-only, driver not allowing to change the charging type. Supported values:

  • "N/A",

  • "Fast"

  • "Trickle"

  • "Unknown"

• health:

  Reports the health of the battery or battery side of charger
  functionality.
  
  Access: Read
  Valid values:
  	      "Unknown", "Good", "Overheat", "Dead",
  	      "Over voltage", "Unspecified failure", "Cold",
  	      "Watchdog timer expire", "Safety timer expire",
  	      "Over current", "Calibration required", "Warm",
  	      "Cool", "Hot", "No battery"

  Supported values:

  • "Good"

  • "Over voltage"

  • "Safety timer expire"

  • "Overheat"

  • "Unknown"

• current_max:

  Battery:
    Reports the maximum IBAT current allowed into the battery.
  
  USB:
    Reports the maximum IBUS current the supply can support.
  
  Access: Read
  Valid values: Represented in microamps

  In cases of

  • unplugged USB,

  • unplugged battery,

  • both battery and USB plugged, battery fully charged,

  this value is always 0. Otherwise the charging current is given.

• technology:

  Describes the battery technology supported by the supply.
  
  Access: Read
  Valid values:
  	      "Unknown", "NiMH", "Li-ion", "Li-poly", "LiFe",
  	      "NiCd", "LiMn"

  Always "Li-ion".

• manufacturer:

  Reports the name of the device manufacturer.
  
  Access: Read
  Valid values: Represented as string

  Always "Active-semi".

• model_name:

  Reports the name of the device model.
  
  Access: Read
  Valid values: Represented as string

  Always "ACT8945A"

Example

Real world values of some of the files in 3 different powering scenarios: