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For one of my projects I use the SparkFun ESP8266 board with an additional LiPo battery in cases power supply goes down.
Now I would like to communicate the power loss - or the fact that the board is running on battery power via WiFi.
Is there a way to find out (in code) when the board switches from mains power to battery and back?
You can implement this software if the voltage is different in both cases.
The voltage from the power supply should be higher than the voltage of the battery, but do not exceed the permissible values.
Then you can use ESP.getVcc() :
ESP.getVcc() may be used to measure supply voltage. ESP needs to reconfigure the ADC at startup in order for this feature to be available. Add the following line to the top of your sketch to use getVcc:
ADC_MODE(ADC_VCC);TOUT pin has to be disconnected in this mode.
Note that by default ADC is configured to read from TOUT pin using analogRead(A0), and ESP.getVCC() is not available.
