diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 049e276..af85ee8 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -59,11 +59,11 @@
         ]
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1775585728,
-        "narHash": "sha256-8Psjt+TWvE4thRKktJsXfR6PA/fWWsZ04DVaY6PUhr4=",
+        "lastModified": 1781733627,
+        "narHash": "sha256-U3yTuGBnmXvXoQI3qkpfEDsn9RovQPAjN7ndRco+3u0=",
         "owner": "cachix",
         "repo": "git-hooks.nix",
-        "rev": "580633fa3fe5fc0379905986543fd7495481913d",
+        "rev": "3bbec39bc90eadfa031e6f3b77272f3f60803e39",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -147,11 +147,11 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1776329215,
-        "narHash": "sha256-a8BYi3mzoJ/AcJP8UldOx8emoPRLeWqALZWu4ZvjPXw=",
+        "lastModified": 1781607440,
+        "narHash": "sha256-rxO+uc/KFbSJp+pgyXRuAX6QlG9hJdnt0BXpEQRXY+U=",
         "owner": "NixOS",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "b86751bc4085f48661017fa226dee99fab6c651b",
+        "rev": "3e41b24abd260e8f71dbe2f5737d24122f972158",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index a333dcb..8ff7b7d 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -606,10 +606,17 @@
               runtimeInputs = [ pkgs.cppcheck ];
               text = ''
                 cd "''${1:-.}"
+                # zephyr_hardware.cpp gates the battery-check ADC code on Zephyr
+                # devicetree macros (DT_NODE_EXISTS/DT_PATH/DT_NODE_HAS_PROP) in a
+                # #if. Standalone cppcheck has no DT headers to expand them;
+                # cppcheck >= 2.21 hard-errors (syntaxError) on the unevaluatable
+                # condition where older versions assumed 0. Real syntax is checked
+                # by the Zephyr compiler in the smoke-build gate.
                 cppcheck --enable=warning,performance,portability \
                   --std=c++20 --error-exitcode=1 --force \
                   --suppress=missingIncludeSystem \
                   --suppress=normalCheckLevelMaxBranches \
+                  --suppress=syntaxError:src/zephyr_hardware.cpp \
                   src/*.cpp src/*.hpp
               '';
             };
diff --git a/src/beacon_logic.hpp b/src/beacon_logic.hpp
index a6cb471..de5b5b3 100644
--- a/src/beacon_logic.hpp
+++ b/src/beacon_logic.hpp
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ bool is_key_empty(const uint8_t* key, size_t len);
 
 /// Input to the status computation (replaces all globals).
 struct StatusInput {
-    StatusFlags status;       // Decoded status configuration
-    uint16_t battery_voltage; // Battery voltage in millivolts (e.g. 3800 = 3.8V)
-    uint16_t keys_changes;    // Rolling counter of AirTag key rotations (used by mode 2)
-    uint8_t what_in_status;   // Telemetry cycle selector: 0=voltage, 1=accel, 2=temperature
-    uint8_t accel_byte;       // 7-bit movement summary from MovementTracker::compute_accel_byte()
-    int16_t temperature;      // Accelerometer die temperature in 0.1C units (e.g. 235 = 23.5C)
+    StatusFlags status;           // Decoded status configuration
+    uint16_t battery_voltage = 0; // Battery voltage in millivolts (e.g. 3800 = 3.8V)
+    uint16_t keys_changes = 0;    // Rolling counter of AirTag key rotations (used by mode 2)
+    uint8_t what_in_status = 0;   // Telemetry cycle selector: 0=voltage, 1=accel, 2=temperature
+    uint8_t accel_byte = 0;  // 7-bit movement summary from MovementTracker::compute_accel_byte()
+    int16_t temperature = 0; // Accelerometer die temperature in 0.1C units (e.g. 235 = 23.5C)
 };
 
 /// Output of the status computation.