diff -urN --exclude=*~ --exclude=CVS orig/firmware/drivers/adc.h firmware/drivers/adc.h
--- orig/firmware/drivers/adc.h	Mon Jul 29 15:56:22 2002
+++ firmware/drivers/adc.h	Fri Aug  2 10:35:31 2002
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
 #define BATTERY_SCALE_FACTOR 6546
 #endif
 
+#define EXT_SCALE_FACTOR 14800
+
 unsigned short adc_read(int channel);
 void adc_init(void);
 
diff -urN --exclude=*~ --exclude=CVS orig/firmware/drivers/power.c firmware/drivers/power.c
--- orig/firmware/drivers/power.c	Mon Jul 29 15:54:57 2002
+++ firmware/drivers/power.c	Fri Aug  2 10:35:31 2002
@@ -22,12 +22,14 @@
 #include "adc.h"
 #include "power.h"
 
+bool charger_enabled = 0;
+
 #ifndef SIMULATOR
 
 bool charger_inserted(void)
 {
 #ifdef ARCHOS_RECORDER
-    return adc_read(ADC_EXT_POWER) > 0x200;
+    return adc_read(ADC_EXT_POWER) > 0x100;
 #else
     return (PADR & 1) == 0;
 #endif
@@ -59,10 +61,13 @@
 void charger_enable(bool on)
 {
 #ifdef ARCHOS_RECORDER
-    if(on)
+    if(on) {
         PBDR &= ~0x20;
-    else
+        charger_enabled = 1;
+    } else {
         PBDR |= 0x20;
+        charger_enabled = 0;
+    }
 #else
     on = on;
 #endif
diff -urN --exclude=*~ --exclude=CVS orig/firmware/drivers/power.h firmware/drivers/power.h
--- orig/firmware/drivers/power.h	Sun Jul 28 18:17:24 2002
+++ firmware/drivers/power.h	Fri Aug  2 10:35:31 2002
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 
 #define BATTERY_RANGE (BATTERY_LEVEL_FULL - BATTERY_LEVEL_EMPTY)
 
+extern bool charger_enabled;
+
 bool charger_inserted(void);
 void charger_enable(bool on);
 void ide_power_enable(bool on);
diff -urN --exclude=*~ --exclude=CVS orig/firmware/powermgmt.c firmware/powermgmt.c
--- orig/firmware/powermgmt.c	Thu Jan  1 02:00:00 1970
+++ firmware/powermgmt.c	Fri Aug  2 10:35:31 2002
@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ *             __________               __   ___.
+ *   Open      \______   \ ____   ____ |  | _\_ |__   _______  ___
+ *   Source     |       _//  _ \_/ ___\|  |/ /| __ \ /  _ \  \/  /
+ *   Jukebox    |    |   (  <_> )  \___|    < | \_\ (  <_> > <  <
+ *   Firmware   |____|_  /\____/ \___  >__|_ \|___  /\____/__/\_ \
+ *                     \/            \/     \/    \/            \/
+ * $Id$
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2002 by Heikki Hannikainen
+ *
+ * All files in this archive are subject to the GNU General Public License.
+ * See the file COPYING in the source tree root for full license agreement.
+ *
+ * This software is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.
+ *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+#include "config.h"
+#include "sh7034.h"
+#include "kernel.h"
+#include "thread.h"
+#include "system.h"
+#include "debug.h"
+#include "panic.h"
+#include "adc.h"
+#include "string.h"
+#include "power.h"
+#include "powermgmt.h"
+
+#ifndef SIMULATOR
+
+static char power_stack[DEFAULT_STACK_SIZE];
+static char power_thread_name[] = "power";
+
+unsigned short power_history[POWER_HISTORY_LEN];
+#ifdef ARCHOS_RECORDER
+char power_message[POWER_MESSAGE_LEN] = "";
+char charge_restart_level = CHARGE_RESTART_HI;
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * This power thread maintains a history of battery voltage
+ * and should, in the future, enable charging when it's needed
+ * and power is available, and disable it when the battery is full.
+ * Battery 'fullness' can be determined by the voltage drop, see:
+ *
+ * http://www.nimhbattery.com/nimhbattery-faq.htm questions 3 & 4
+ * http://www.powerpacks-uk.com/Charging%20NiMh%20Batteries.htm
+ * http://www.angelfire.com/electronic/hayles/charge1.html (soft start idea)
+ * http://www.powerstream.com/NiMH.htm (discouraging)
+ * http://www.panasonic.com/industrial/battery/oem/images/pdf/nimhchar.pdf
+ * http://www.duracell.com/oem/Pdf/others/nimh_5.pdf (discharging)
+ * http://www.duracell.com/oem/Pdf/others/nimh_6.pdf (charging)
+ *
+ * Charging logic which we're starting with (by Linus, Hes, Bagder):
+ *
+ *  1) max 16 hrs charge time (just in negative delta detection fails)
+ *  2) Stop at negative delta of 5 mins
+ *  3) Stop at 15 mins of zero-delta or below
+ *  4) minimum of 15 mins charge time before 2) is applied
+ *  5) after end of charging, wait for charge go down 80%
+ *     before charging again if in 'no-use overnight charging mode'
+ *     and down to 10% if in 'fixed-location mains-powered usage mode'
+ */
+
+static void power_thread(void)
+{
+    int i;
+    int avg;
+#ifdef ARCHOS_RECORDER
+    int delta;
+    int charged_time = 0;
+#endif
+    
+    while (1)
+    {
+        DEBUGF("power_thread woke up\n");
+        /* make POWER_AVG measurements and calculate an average of that to
+         * reduce the effect of backlights/disk spinning/other variation
+         */
+        avg = 0;
+        for (i = 0; i < POWER_AVG; i++) {
+            avg += adc_read(ADC_UNREG_POWER);
+            sleep(15);
+        }
+        avg = avg / POWER_AVG;
+        
+        /* rotate the power history */
+        for (i = 0; i < POWER_HISTORY_LEN-1; i++)
+            power_history[i] = power_history[i+1];
+        
+        /* insert new value in the end, in decivolts 8-) */
+        power_history[POWER_HISTORY_LEN-1] = (avg * BATTERY_SCALE_FACTOR) / 10000;
+        
+#ifdef ARCHOS_RECORDER
+        if (charger_inserted()) {
+            if (charger_enabled) {
+                /* charger inserted and enabled */
+                charged_time++;
+                if (charged_time > CHARGE_MAX_TIME) {
+                    DEBUGF("power: charged_time > CHARGE_MAX_TIME, enough!\n");
+                    /* have charged too long and deltaV detection did not work! */
+                    charger_enable(false);
+                    snprintf(power_message, POWER_MESSAGE_LEN, "Chg tmout %d min", CHARGE_MAX_TIME);
+                    /* Perhaps we should disable charging for several
+                       hours from this point, just to be sure. */
+                } else {
+                    if (charged_time > CHARGE_MIN_TIME) {
+                        /* have charged continuously over the minimum charging time,
+                         * so we monitor for deltaV going negative. Multiply things
+                         * by 100 to get more accuracy without floating point arithmetic.
+                         * power_history[] contains decivolts.
+                         */
+                        delta = 0;
+                        for (i = 0; i < CHARGE_END_NEGD; i++)
+                            delta += power_history[POWER_HISTORY_LEN-1-i]*100 - power_history[POWER_HISTORY_LEN-1-i-1]*100;
+                        delta = delta / CHARGE_END_NEGD;
+                        
+                        if (delta < -50) { /* delta < -0.3 V */
+                            DEBUGF("power: short-term negative delta, enough!\n");
+                            charger_enable(false);
+                            snprintf(power_message, POWER_MESSAGE_LEN, "end negd %d %dmin", delta, charged_time);
+                        } else {
+                            /* if we didn't disable the charger in the previous test, check for low positive delta */
+                            delta = 0;
+                            for (i = 0; i < CHARGE_END_ZEROD; i++)
+                                delta += power_history[POWER_HISTORY_LEN-1-i]*100 - power_history[POWER_HISTORY_LEN-1-i-1]*100;
+                            delta = delta / CHARGE_END_ZEROD;
+                            
+                            if (delta <= 5) { /* delta of <= 0.005 V */
+                                DEBUGF("power: long-term small positive delta, enough!\n");
+                                charger_enable(false);
+                                snprintf(power_message, POWER_MESSAGE_LEN, "end lowd %d %dmin", delta, charged_time);
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            } else {
+                /* charged inserted but not enabled */
+                /* if battery is not full, enable charging */
+                if (battery_level() < charge_restart_level) {
+                    DEBUGF("power: charger inserted and battery not full, enabling\n");
+                    charger_enable(true);
+                    charged_time = 0;
+                    snprintf(power_message, POWER_MESSAGE_LEN, "Chg started at %d%%", battery_level());
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            /* charger not inserted */
+            if (charger_enabled) {
+                /* charger not inserted but was enabled */
+                DEBUGF("power: charger disconnected, disabling\n");
+                charger_enable(false);
+                snprintf(power_message, POWER_MESSAGE_LEN, "Charger disc");
+            }
+            /* charger not inserted and disabled, so we're discharging */
+        }
+#endif /* ARCHOS_RECORDER*/
+        
+        /* sleep for roughly a minute */
+        sleep(HZ*(60-POWER_AVG*15));
+    }
+}
+
+void power_init(void)
+{
+    /* init history to 0 */
+    memset(power_history, 0x00, sizeof(power_history));
+    
+    snprintf(power_message, POWER_MESSAGE_LEN, "Powermgmt started");
+    create_thread(power_thread, power_stack, sizeof(power_stack), power_thread_name);
+}
+
+#endif
diff -urN --exclude=*~ --exclude=CVS orig/firmware/powermgmt.h firmware/powermgmt.h
--- orig/firmware/powermgmt.h	Thu Jan  1 02:00:00 1970
+++ firmware/powermgmt.h	Fri Aug  2 10:35:31 2002
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ *             __________               __   ___.
+ *   Open      \______   \ ____   ____ |  | _\_ |__   _______  ___
+ *   Source     |       _//  _ \_/ ___\|  |/ /| __ \ /  _ \  \/  /
+ *   Jukebox    |    |   (  <_> )  \___|    < | \_\ (  <_> > <  <
+ *   Firmware   |____|_  /\____/ \___  >__|_ \|___  /\____/__/\_ \
+ *                     \/            \/     \/    \/            \/
+ * $Id$
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2002 by Heikki Hannikainen
+ *
+ * All files in this archive are subject to the GNU General Public License.
+ * See the file COPYING in the source tree root for full license agreement.
+ *
+ * This software is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.
+ *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+#ifndef _POWERMGMT_H_
+#define _POWERMGMT_H_
+
+#ifndef SIMULATOR
+
+#define POWER_HISTORY_LEN 2*60   /* 2 hours of samples, one per minute */
+#define POWER_AVG         3      /* how many samples to take for each measurement */
+
+#ifdef ARCHOS_RECORDER
+#define POWER_MESSAGE_LEN 32     /* power thread status message */
+#define CHARGE_MAX_TIME   16*60  /* minutes: maximum charging time */
+#define CHARGE_MIN_TIME   10     /* minutes: minimum charging time */
+#define CHARGE_END_NEGD   6      /* stop when N minutes have passed with
+                                  * avg delta being < -0.3 V */
+#define CHARGE_END_ZEROD  30     /* stop when N minutes have passed with
+                                  * avg delta being < 0.005 V */
+#define CHARGE_RESTART_HI 90     /* %: when to restart charging in 'charge' mode */
+#define CHARGE_RESTART_LO 10     /* %: when to restart charging in 'discharge' mode */
+
+extern char power_message[POWER_MESSAGE_LEN];
+extern char charge_restart_level;
+#endif
+
+extern unsigned short power_history[POWER_HISTORY_LEN];
+
+void power_init(void);
+
+#endif
+
+#endif
diff -urN --exclude=*~ --exclude=CVS orig/apps/debug_menu.c apps/debug_menu.c
--- orig/apps/debug_menu.c	Tue Jul 23 18:14:02 2002
+++ apps/debug_menu.c	Fri Aug  2 10:35:31 2002
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 #include "rtc.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "thread.h"
+#include "powermgmt.h"
+#include "system.h"
 
 /*---------------------------------------------------*/
 /*    SPECIAL DEBUG STUFF                            */
@@ -154,7 +156,7 @@
         snprintf(buf, 32, "AN3: %03x AN7: %03x", adc_read(3), adc_read(7));
         lcd_puts(0, 5, buf);
 
-        battery_voltage = (adc_read(6) * BATTERY_SCALE_FACTOR) / 10000;
+        battery_voltage = (adc_read(ADC_UNREG_POWER) * BATTERY_SCALE_FACTOR) / 10000;
         batt_int = battery_voltage / 100;
         batt_frac = battery_voltage % 100;
     
@@ -255,7 +257,7 @@
         }
         lcd_puts(0, 0, buf);
         
-        battery_voltage = (adc_read(6) * BATTERY_SCALE_FACTOR) / 10000;
+        battery_voltage = (adc_read(ADC_UNREG_POWER) * BATTERY_SCALE_FACTOR) / 10000;
         batt_int = battery_voltage / 100;
         batt_frac = battery_voltage % 100;
     
@@ -426,6 +428,130 @@
         }
     }
 }
+
+/*
+ * view_battery() shows a automatically scaled graph of the battery voltage
+ * over time. Usable for estimating battery life / charging rate.
+ * The power_history array is updated in power_thread of powermgmt.c.
+ */
+
+#define BAT_FIRST_VAL  MAX(POWER_HISTORY_LEN - LCD_WIDTH - 1, 0)
+#define BAT_YSPACE    (LCD_HEIGHT - 20)
+
+void view_battery(void)
+{
+    int view = 0;
+    int i, x, y;
+    int maxv, minv;
+    char buf[32];
+    
+    while(1)
+    {
+        switch (view) {
+            case 0: /* voltage history graph */
+                /* Find maximum and minimum voltage for scaling */
+                maxv = minv = 0;
+                for (i = BAT_FIRST_VAL; i < POWER_HISTORY_LEN; i++) {
+                    if (power_history[i] > maxv)
+                        maxv = power_history[i];
+                    if ((minv == 0) || ((power_history[i]) && (power_history[i] < minv)) )
+                        minv = power_history[i];
+                }
+                
+                if (minv < 1)
+                    minv = 1;
+                if (maxv < 2)
+                    maxv = 2;
+                    
+                lcd_clear_display();
+                lcd_puts(0, 0, "Battery voltage:");
+                snprintf(buf, 30, "scale %d.%02d-%d.%02d V", minv / 100, minv % 100, maxv / 100, maxv % 100);
+                lcd_puts(0, 1, buf);
+                
+                x = 0;
+                for (i = BAT_FIRST_VAL+1; i < POWER_HISTORY_LEN; i++) {
+                    y = (power_history[i] - minv) * BAT_YSPACE / (maxv - minv);
+                    lcd_clearline(x, LCD_HEIGHT-1, x, 20);
+                    lcd_drawline(x, LCD_HEIGHT-1, x, MIN(MAX(LCD_HEIGHT-1 - y, 20), LCD_HEIGHT-1));
+                    x++;
+                }
+                
+                break;
+                
+            case 1: /* status: */
+                lcd_clear_display();
+                lcd_puts(0, 0, "Power status:");
+                
+                y = (adc_read(ADC_UNREG_POWER) * BATTERY_SCALE_FACTOR) / 10000;
+                snprintf(buf, 30, "Battery: %d.%02d V", y / 100, y % 100);
+                lcd_puts(0, 1, buf);
+                y = (adc_read(ADC_EXT_POWER) * EXT_SCALE_FACTOR) / 10000;
+                snprintf(buf, 30, "External: %d.%02d V", y / 100, y % 100);
+                lcd_puts(0, 2, buf);
+                snprintf(buf, 30, "Charger: %s", charger_inserted() ? "present" : "absent");
+                lcd_puts(0, 3, buf);
+                snprintf(buf, 30, "Charging: %s", charger_enabled ? "yes" : "no");
+                lcd_puts(0, 4, buf);
+                
+                y = 0;
+                for (i = 0; i < CHARGE_END_NEGD; i++)
+                    y += power_history[POWER_HISTORY_LEN-1-i]*100 - power_history[POWER_HISTORY_LEN-1-i-1]*100;
+                y = y / CHARGE_END_NEGD;
+                
+                snprintf(buf, 30, "short delta: %d", y);
+                lcd_puts(0, 5, buf);
+                
+                y = 0;
+                for (i = 0; i < CHARGE_END_ZEROD; i++)
+                    y += power_history[POWER_HISTORY_LEN-1-i]*100 - power_history[POWER_HISTORY_LEN-1-i-1]*100;
+                y = y / CHARGE_END_ZEROD;
+                
+                snprintf(buf, 30, "long delta: %d", y);
+                lcd_puts(0, 6, buf);
+                
+                lcd_puts(0, 7, power_message);
+                break;
+                
+            case 2: /* voltage deltas: */
+                lcd_clear_display();
+                lcd_puts(0, 0, "Voltage deltas:");
+                
+                for (i = 0; i <= 6; i++) {
+                    y = power_history[POWER_HISTORY_LEN-1-i] - power_history[POWER_HISTORY_LEN-1-i-1];
+                    snprintf(buf, 30, "-%d min: %s%d.%02d V", i,
+                        (y < 0) ? "-" : "",
+                        ((y < 0) ? y * -1 : y) / 100, ((y < 0) ? y * -1 : y ) % 100);
+                    lcd_puts(0, i+1, buf);
+                }
+                break;
+        }
+        
+        lcd_update();
+        sleep(HZ/2);
+                
+        switch(button_get(false))
+        {
+            case BUTTON_F1:
+                charger_enable(charger_enabled?false:true);
+                break;
+            
+            case BUTTON_UP:
+                if (view)
+                    view--;
+                break;
+                
+            case BUTTON_DOWN:
+                if (view < 2)
+                    view++;
+                break;
+                
+            case BUTTON_LEFT:
+            case BUTTON_OFF:
+                return;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #endif
 
 void debug_menu(void)
@@ -443,6 +569,7 @@
         { "View MAS regs", dbg_mas },
 #ifdef ARCHOS_RECORDER
         { "View MAS codec", dbg_mas_codec },
+        { "View battery", view_battery },
 #endif
     };
 
diff -urN --exclude=*~ --exclude=CVS orig/apps/main.c apps/main.c
--- orig/apps/main.c	Sun Jul 28 18:56:58 2002
+++ apps/main.c	Fri Aug  2 10:35:31 2002
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "menu.h"
 #include "system.h"
 #include "usb.h"
+#include "powermgmt.h"
 #include "adc.h"
 #include "i2c.h"
 #ifndef SIMULATOR
@@ -153,6 +154,8 @@
 
     status_init();
     usb_start_monitoring();
+    
+    power_init();
 }
 
 int main(void)
diff -urN --exclude=*~ --exclude=CVS orig/apps/settings.c apps/settings.c
--- orig/apps/settings.c	Tue Jul 30 10:56:16 2002
+++ apps/settings.c	Fri Aug  2 10:35:31 2002
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "ata.h"
 #include "power.h"
 #include "backlight.h"
+#include "powermgmt.h"
 
 struct user_settings global_settings;
 
@@ -57,12 +58,12 @@
 0x0f    0x23    <scroll speed & WPS display byte>
 0x10    0x24    <playlist options byte>
 0x11    0x25    <AVC byte>
-  
+
         <all unused space filled with 0xff>
 
   the geeky but useless statistics part:
 0x24    <total uptime in seconds: 32 bits uint, actually unused for now>
-  
+
 0x2a    <checksum 2 bytes: xor of 0x0-0x29>
 
 Config memory is reset to 0xff and initialized with 'factory defaults' if
@@ -265,7 +266,8 @@
     rtc_config_block[0xe] = (unsigned char)
         ((global_settings.playlist_shuffle & 1) |
          ((global_settings.mp3filter & 1) << 1) |
-         ((global_settings.sort_case & 1) << 2));
+         ((global_settings.sort_case & 1) << 2) |
+         ((global_settings.discharge & 1) << 3));
 
     rtc_config_block[0xf] = (unsigned char)
         ((global_settings.scroll_speed << 3) |
@@ -332,8 +334,9 @@
             global_settings.playlist_shuffle = rtc_config_block[0xe] & 1;
             global_settings.mp3filter = (rtc_config_block[0xe] >> 1) & 1;
             global_settings.sort_case = (rtc_config_block[0xe] >> 2) & 1;
+            global_settings.discharge = (rtc_config_block[0xe] >> 3) & 1;
         }
-    
+        
         c = rtc_config_block[0xf] >> 3;
         if (c != 31)
             global_settings.scroll_speed = c;
@@ -350,6 +353,9 @@
     }
     lcd_scroll_speed(global_settings.scroll_speed);
     backlight_time(global_settings.backlight);
+#ifdef ARCHOS_RECORDER
+    charge_restart_level = global_settings.discharge ? CHARGE_RESTART_LO : CHARGE_RESTART_HI;
+#endif
 }
 
 /*
@@ -373,6 +379,7 @@
     global_settings.mp3filter   = true;
     global_settings.sort_case   = false;
     global_settings.playlist_shuffle = false;
+    global_settings.discharge    = 0;
     global_settings.total_uptime = 0;
     global_settings.scroll_speed = 8;
 }
diff -urN --exclude=*~ --exclude=CVS orig/apps/settings.h apps/settings.h
--- orig/apps/settings.h	Sun Jul 28 19:09:44 2002
+++ apps/settings.h	Fri Aug  2 10:35:31 2002
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
     int contrast;   /* lcd contrast:         0-100 0=low 100=high            */
     int poweroff;   /* power off timer:      0-100 0=never:each 1% = 60 secs */
     int backlight;  /* backlight off timer:  0-100 0=never:each 1% = 10 secs */
+    bool discharge; /* maintain charge of at least: false = 90%, true = 10%  */
 
     /* resume settings */
 
diff -urN --exclude=*~ --exclude=CVS orig/apps/settings_menu.c apps/settings_menu.c
--- orig/apps/settings_menu.c	Mon Jul 22 19:39:17 2002
+++ apps/settings_menu.c	Fri Aug  2 10:35:31 2002
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "settings_menu.h"
 #include "backlight.h"
 #include "playlist.h"  /* for playlist_shuffle */
+#include "powermgmt.h"
 
 static void shuffle(void)
 {
@@ -67,6 +68,14 @@
     set_option("[WPS display]", &global_settings.wps_display, names, 3 );
 }
 
+#ifdef ARCHOS_RECORDER
+static void deep_discharge(void)
+{
+    set_bool( "[Deep discharge]", &global_settings.discharge );
+    charge_restart_level = global_settings.discharge ? CHARGE_RESTART_LO : CHARGE_RESTART_HI;
+}
+#endif
+
 void settings_menu(void)
 {
     int m;
@@ -76,7 +85,10 @@
         { "Sort mode",       sort_case       },
         { "Backlight Timer", backlight_timer },
         { "Scroll speed",    scroll_speed    },  
-        { "While Playing",   wps_set },
+        { "While Playing",   wps_set         },
+#ifdef ARCHOS_RECORDER
+        { "Deep discharge",  deep_discharge  },
+#endif
     };
     
     m=menu_init( items, sizeof items / sizeof(struct menu_items) );
