pybricks.common.charger: change return value of connected() #274
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Change return value of
connected()
property frombool
toint
using the value ofpbdrv_usb_get_bcd()
. This will allow pro users to be able to tell if they have a "nonstandard" charger that could prevent proper charging.Related discussion: https://github.com/orgs/pybricks/discussions/1872#discussioncomment-11278180
Alternative to consider: We could have the battery status light reflect this status somehow to make it even easier for users. Although having programmatically accessible in addition to that still seems useful for advanced use cases.