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+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2023 Kattni Rembor for Adafruit Industries
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Unlicense
+
+import time
+import board
+import adafruit_max1704x
+
+monitor = adafruit_max1704x.MAX17048(board.I2C())
+
+while True:
+    print(f"Battery voltage: {monitor.cell_voltage:.2f} Volts")
+    print(f"Battery percentage: {monitor.cell_percent:.1f} %")
+    print("")
+    time.sleep(1)