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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Battery lifeRe: Battery life
From: Rob Ward <wards_at_paradise.net.nz>
Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2002 11:29:18 +1200 Why not compare the current usage between the Archos firmware and the Rockbox firmware? Rob Stuart Tedford wrote: >>I know that the current CVS version (20020802) uses 125 mA when idle, >>compared with the 95mA of the stock version. >> >> >> >ok, I assume by "idle" you mean playing a song but not accessing the HDD - >as this is what I was doing in my tests - continuously playing and accessing >the hdd as required. > > > >>We don't put the CPU to sleep, something that may change the power >>consumption a little. But that will have to wait a little, since we >>have to change the kernel a lot to accomplish that. >> >> >> >Do you think the stock firmware sleeps the CPU? It seems to be doing a lot >of processing - updating the display with those silly vu meters and >scrolling etc - doesn't leave much time for sleeping. > >Stu. > > > > Received on 2002-08-03 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |