# Raspad 3 - Reading the battery level on Raspberry Pi

**URL:** <https://forum.sunfounder.com/t/raspad-3-reading-the-battery-level-on-raspberry-pi/1693>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [September 17, 2024, 8:53am UTC](https://forum.sunfounder.com/t/raspad-3-reading-the-battery-level-on-raspberry-pi/1693 "2024-09-17T08:53:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![dsg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@dsg](https://forum.sunfounder.com/u/dsg)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 8:53am UTC](https://forum.sunfounder.com/t/raspad-3-reading-the-battery-level-on-raspberry-pi/1693/1 "2024-09-17T08:53:49Z")

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Hello,

I have an application for the RasPad 3 with a Raspberry Pi 5 inside. Everything works great, but one feature I cannot figure out how to work is the battery monitoring via the Raspberry Pi 5.

I know there are the LED indicators on the side of the Raspad 3, but is there any was for the Raspberry Pi 5 to read the battery level? Essentially, I want my app to be able to warn the user that the battery level is low.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![SunFounder\_Moderator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@SunFounder\_Moderator](https://forum.sunfounder.com/u/SunFounder_Moderator)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2024, 9:52am UTC](https://forum.sunfounder.com/t/raspad-3-reading-the-battery-level-on-raspberry-pi/1693/2 "2024-09-18T09:52:24Z")

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Our Raspad has a low battery icon indicator; however, it does not display the battery voltage readings. We recommend that you visit the official Raspberry Pi forum to seek answers.

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**Author:** ![dsg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@dsg](https://forum.sunfounder.com/u/dsg)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 8:19am UTC](https://forum.sunfounder.com/t/raspad-3-reading-the-battery-level-on-raspberry-pi/1693/3 "2024-09-19T08:19:35Z")

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Thanks for the answer, just to be clear, there is no signal over the USB connection to the RasPad base PCB that communicates the battery level?

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**Author:** ![SunFounder\_Moderator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@SunFounder\_Moderator](https://forum.sunfounder.com/u/SunFounder_Moderator)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 3:27am UTC](https://forum.sunfounder.com/t/raspad-3-reading-the-battery-level-on-raspberry-pi/1693/4 "2024-09-20T03:27:17Z")

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The current version of Raspad does not include the functionality to read battery voltage data.