From: Jerry Van Baren <gerald.vanbaren_at_smiths-aerospace.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 12:35:59 -0500

FYI, I've uploaded a New Improved patch which is a substantial reworking
of the powermgmt.c (AJRv1 battery charging) routine. This is not fully
tested but is working well for me so far. I've posted the patch update
to show progress :-).

Patch information:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&atid=439120&group_id=44306&aid=1116884

I need to test my changes under other conditions like:
* USB plugged in and active
* Batteries already fully charged
* Batteries nearly fully charged
* Higher capacity batteries

Other issues:

I've been ignoring the battery level estimate. It behaves somewhat
oddly in my limited testing in that it starts at one level (11% in the
attached run), drops fairly precipitously (to 6% over 5 minutes) even
though the battery voltage is rising, and then rises to 100% rapidly at
the end of the charge. This is due to how the estimate is filtered -- I
want to look at the filtering and hopefully make it more accurate (at
least more linear :-). I claim I'm filtering the raw battery voltage
better -- perhaps that is filtered sufficiently for a more accurate
battery level estimate without doing additional level filtering. Things
to try...

I've attached an augmented CSV (comma separated variables - spreadsheet)
of a recharge run. For debugging, I'm logging some of the variables
once per minute in a CSV file.

* The avgbat is a unscaled exponentially filtered battery voltage - I
created another column for the properly scaled battery voltage.

* The other two added columns are the 50 minute long term voltage delta
(which is what has been terminating the charge in my limited test
cycles) and the 6 minute short term voltage delta.

* The avgchg variable is related to the the voltage across the charge
current source diode. This is not looking all that helpful. It will
likely disappear tonight :-). The constant voltage charge technique
that the original code uses appears to work well.

gvb


"chgtime"," avgbat"," avgchg"," battery_level_cached"," charger_inserted"," charge_state"," trickle_sec","Battery","Long term","Short term"
1,24977,14879,11,1,1,60,5.04613453125,,
1,25147,14934,10,1,1,60,5.08047984375,,
1,25283,14995,9,1,1,60,5.10795609375,,
1,25447,15060,8,1,1,60,5.14108921875,,
1,25529,15107,7,1,1,60,5.15765578125,,5.15765578125
1,25634,15136,6,1,1,60,5.1788690625,,0.13273453125
1,25730,15173,6,1,1,60,5.1982640625,,0.117784218750001
1,25803,15229,6,1,1,60,5.21301234375,,0.10505625
1,25863,15260,6,1,1,60,5.22513421875,,0.0840449999999997
1,25946,15285,6,1,1,60,5.2419028125,,0.0842470312499994
1,26005,15302,7,1,1,60,5.25382265625,,0.0749535937500001
1,26048,15352,7,1,1,60,5.26251,,0.0642459375
1,26112,15358,7,1,1,60,5.27544,,0.0624276562500006
1,26150,15389,7,1,1,60,5.2831171875,,0.0579829687500002
1,26208,15410,7,1,1,60,5.294835,,0.0529321874999997
1,26209,15427,7,1,1,60,5.29503703125,,0.041214375
1,26237,15429,7,1,1,60,5.30069390625,,0.0381839062499996
1,26313,15455,8,1,1,60,5.31604828125,,0.0406082812499999
1,26351,15473,8,1,1,60,5.32372546875,,0.0406082812499999
1,26302,15482,7,1,1,60,5.3138259375,,0.0189909375000008
1,26402,15505,8,1,1,60,5.3340290625,,0.0389920312499994
1,26418,15509,8,1,1,60,5.3372615625,,0.0365676562499999
1,26410,15549,8,1,1,60,5.3356453125,,0.01959703125
1,26432,15556,8,1,1,60,5.34009,,0.0163645312499998
1,26483,15550,8,1,1,60,5.35039359375,,0.0365676562499999
1,26496,15565,8,1,1,60,5.35302,,0.0189909375000008
1,26572,15578,8,1,1,60,5.368374375,,0.0311128125
1,26560,15585,8,1,1,60,5.36595,,0.0303046875000001
1,26615,15587,8,1,1,60,5.37706171875,,0.0369717187500003
1,26634,15613,8,1,1,60,5.3809003125,,0.0305067187499999
1,26678,15630,9,1,1,60,5.3897896875,,0.0367696874999996
1,26690,15645,9,1,1,60,5.3922140625,,0.0238396875000006
1,26718,15659,9,1,1,60,5.3978709375,,0.0319209374999998
1,26749,15664,9,1,1,60,5.40413390625,,0.0270721875
1,26787,15675,9,1,1,60,5.41181109375,,0.0309107812500002
1,26788,15676,9,1,1,60,5.412013125,,0.0222234375000001
1,26815,15698,9,1,1,60,5.41746796875,,0.0252539062499997
1,26843,15710,9,1,1,60,5.42312484375,,0.0252539062499997
1,26866,15712,9,1,1,60,5.4277715625,,0.02363765625
1,26877,15717,9,1,1,60,5.42999390625,,0.0181828124999992
1,26912,15712,9,1,1,60,5.437065,,0.0250518749999999
1,26915,15745,9,1,1,60,5.43767109375,,0.0202031250000001
1,26939,15744,9,1,1,60,5.44251984375,,0.0193950000000003
1,26946,15740,10,1,1,60,5.4439340625,,0.0161625000000001
1,26983,15740,10,1,1,60,5.45140921875,,0.0214153125000003
1,26981,15760,10,1,1,60,5.45100515625,,0.0139401562500003
1,27008,15771,11,1,1,60,5.45646,,0.0187889062500002
1,27046,15772,12,1,1,60,5.4641371875,,0.02161734375
1,27056,15780,12,1,1,60,5.4661575,,0.0222234375000001
1,27076,15798,12,1,1,60,5.470198125,5.470198125,0.0187889062500002
1,27080,15807,12,1,1,60,5.47100625,0.42487171875,0.0200010937499995
1,27111,15806,14,1,1,60,5.47726921875,0.396789375,0.0208092187499993
1,27117,15810,14,1,1,60,5.47848140625,0.3705253125,0.0143442187499998
1,27140,15816,15,1,1,60,5.483128125,0.34203890625,0.0169706249999999
1,27155,15838,15,1,1,60,5.48615859375,0.3285028125,0.0159604687500003
1,27199,15846,15,1,1,60,5.49504796875,0.31617890625,0.0240417187500004
1,27193,15855,15,1,1,60,5.49383578125,0.29557171875,0.0165665625000004
1,27220,15849,17,1,1,60,5.499290625,0.28627828125,0.0208092187500002
1,27233,15875,18,1,1,60,5.50191703125,0.2767828125,0.0187889062500002
1,27240,15877,18,1,1,60,5.50333125,0.2614284375,0.0171726562499996
1,27232,15880,18,1,1,60,5.501715,0.24789234375,0.00666703125000012
1,27299,15909,20,1,1,60,5.51525109375,0.25274109375,0.0214153125000003
1,27328,15908,22,1,1,60,5.52111,0.24567,0.0218193749999998
1,27331,15901,22,1,1,60,5.52171609375,0.23859890625,0.0197990624999997
1,27359,15908,22,1,1,60,5.52737296875,0.23253796875,0.0240417187499995
1,27370,15930,22,1,1,60,5.5295953125,0.23455828125,0.0278803124999998
1,27393,15937,24,1,1,60,5.53424203125,0.233548125,0.0189909374999999
1,27395,15956,24,1,1,60,5.53464609375,0.2185978125,0.01353609375
1,27427,15950,26,1,1,60,5.54111109375,0.217385625,0.0193950000000003
1,27453,15968,26,1,1,60,5.54636390625,0.23253796875,0.0189909375000008
1,27458,15965,26,1,1,60,5.5473740625,0.213345,0.0177787499999997
1,27479,15996,26,1,1,60,5.55161671875,0.21435515625,0.0173746874999994
1,27494,15989,28,1,1,60,5.5546471875,0.219001875,0.0200010937500004
1,27520,15997,28,1,1,60,5.5599,0.219810000000001,0.0187889062500002
1,27553,16001,30,1,1,60,5.56656703125,0.216173437499999,0.0202031249999992
1,27553,16004,30,1,1,60,5.56656703125,0.213547031249999,0.0191929687499997
1,27581,16035,30,1,1,60,5.57222390625,0.20384953125,0.0206071875000005
1,27592,16046,32,1,1,60,5.57444625,0.20849625,0.0197990624999997
1,27623,16032,32,1,1,60,5.58070921875,0.2036475,0.0208092187499993
1,27647,16053,32,1,1,60,5.58555796875,0.20465765625,0.0189909375000008
1,27660,16038,34,1,1,60,5.588184375,0.1983946875,0.02161734375
1,27680,16063,36,1,1,60,5.592225,0.200010937499999,0.0200010937499995
1,27696,16068,36,1,1,60,5.5954575,0.1975865625,0.0210112499999999
1,27719,16093,36,1,1,60,5.60010421875,0.1959703125,0.0193950000000003
1,27741,16099,36,1,1,60,5.60454890625,0.1927378125,0.0189909374999999
1,27758,16101,38,1,1,60,5.6079834375,0.1959703125,0.0197990625000006
1,27783,16124,40,1,1,60,5.61303421875,0.19556625,0.0208092187500002
1,27804,16122,40,1,1,60,5.617276875,0.19415203125,0.0218193749999998
1,27820,16138,40,1,1,60,5.620509375,0.1927378125,0.0204051562499998
1,27830,16133,40,1,1,60,5.6225296875,0.19253578125,0.0179807812499995
1,27908,16130,46,1,1,60,5.638288125,0.201223125,0.0303046875000001
1,27905,16160,46,1,1,60,5.63768203125,0.2000109375,0.0246478125000005
1,27940,16163,50,1,1,60,5.644753125,0.20223328125,0.0274762500000003
1,27971,16162,55,1,1,60,5.65101609375,0.20708203125,0.0305067187499999
1,27943,16165,54,1,1,60,5.64535921875,0.19395,0.0228295312500002
1,28001,16178,55,1,1,60,5.65707703125,0.206071874999999,0.0187889062499993
1,27998,16171,55,1,1,60,5.6564709375,0.200010937499999,0.0187889062499993
1,28040,16190,60,1,1,60,5.66495625,0.2008190625,0.0202031250000001
1,28034,16195,60,1,1,60,5.6637440625,0.1975865625,0.0127279687500002
1,28088,16183,60,1,1,60,5.67465375,0.204455625,0.0292945312499997
1,28118,16196,61,1,1,60,5.6807146875,0.2097084375,0.02363765625
1,28134,16213,62,1,1,60,5.6839471875,0.20667796875,0.0274762500000003
1,28184,16210,62,1,1,60,5.69404875,0.21556734375,0.0290925
1,28214,16221,63,1,1,60,5.7001096875,0.2169815625,0.0363656250000002
1,28224,16190,64,1,1,60,5.70213,0.21597140625,0.0274762500000003
1,28224,16232,64,1,1,60,5.70213,0.20708203125,0.0214153125000003
1,28260,16211,64,1,1,60,5.709403125,0.21556734375,0.0254559375000003
1,28294,16212,65,1,1,60,5.7162721875,0.2169815625,0.0222234375000001
1,28320,16229,66,1,1,60,5.721525,0.21960796875,0.0214153125000003
1,28351,16222,66,1,1,60,5.72778796875,0.22445671875,0.02565796875
1,28374,16197,66,1,1,60,5.7324346875,0.2307196875,0.0303046875000001
1,28387,16223,67,1,1,60,5.73506109375,0.21981,0.02565796875
1,28388,16222,67,1,1,60,5.735263125,0.214153125,0.0189909374999999
1,28449,16207,68,1,1,60,5.74758703125,0.2258709375,0.0260620312499995
1,28466,16216,68,1,1,60,5.7510215625,0.22364859375,0.0232335937499997
1,28480,16219,69,1,1,60,5.75385,0.224254687499999,0.0214153124999994
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1,28572,16196,70,1,1,60,5.772436875,0.23132578125,0.0248498437500002
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1,28773,16240,78,1,1,60,5.81304515625,0.24082125,0.0246478124999996
1,28792,16221,78,1,1,60,5.81688375,0.2424375,0.02363765625
1,28847,16230,80,1,1,60,5.82799546875,0.24728625,0.0284864062499999
1,28863,16219,80,1,1,60,5.83122796875,0.24567,0.0246478125000005
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2,28937,16261,100,1,2,42,5.84617828125,,
3,28876,16245,100,1,2,41,5.833854375,,
4,28846,16226,100,1,2,40,5.8277934375,,
5,28830,16241,100,1,2,39,5.8245609375,,
6,28794,16256,100,1,2,38,5.8172878125,,
7,28788,16254,100,1,2,37,5.816075625,,
8,28742,16258,100,1,2,36,5.8067821875,,
9,28736,16250,100,1,2,35,5.80557,,
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11,28702,16252,100,1,2,33,5.7987009375,,
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13,28670,16252,100,1,2,31,5.7922359375,,
14,28645,16235,100,1,2,30,5.78718515625,,
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18,28539,16248,100,1,2,26,5.76576984375,,
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20,28521,16209,100,1,2,24,5.76213328125,,
21,28495,16234,100,1,2,23,5.75688046875,,
22,28455,16235,100,1,2,22,5.74879921875,,
23,28417,16241,100,1,2,21,5.74112203125,,
24,28411,16224,100,1,2,20,5.73990984375,,
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