Re: [iPAQ] Not charging the internal battery

Russ Nelson writes:
> Jamey Hicks writes:
> > There should be a way to register a battery, etc.
>
> Boy, it'd be really nice if the iPAQ supported a smart external
> interface. It would only need three pins instead of two. That way,
> the processor could tell whether it was getting its power from an
> external battery pack and an AC adaptor. The reason you'd want to is
> because you wouldn't want to charge the internal battery from an
> external battery. It's too inefficient.
>
> Is there any way to tell the internal battery not to charge from the
> external power jack? That's really all we'd need.
Hmm...not that I'm aware of. I believe that is controlled by the
microcontroller.

Regards,
Dirk
Received on Wed Sep 20 23:06:35 2000