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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: battery-safe bootloaderRe: battery-safe bootloader
From: Miika Pekkarinen <miipekk_at_ihme.org>
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 08:46:46 +0300 (EEST) Hi, On Mon, 10 Apr 2006, Jvo Studer wrote: > The only thing this patch adds is a battery voltage check (3.3V) during > booting and if it is too low it refuses to start. It then just switches > off without even spinning up the harddisk. This prevents possible deep > discharge of the lithium polymer battery. Normally the iriver hardware > cuts off power if voltage gets below 2.6V or so but it's even better > not to let this happen. Generally that sounds like a good idea, but there must be a way to override this check. For example a failure in the battery voltage monitor sensor could prevent booting entirely (i have heard that at least one unit had such a defect). -- Miika Pekkarinen <miipekk_at_ihme.org>Received on 2006-04-10 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |