I was just about to ask, what would happen if I enabled 1A charging when the Freerunner was plugged into a normal USB port? AFAIK some devices do draw more then spec (USB laptop hdds come to mind), and these seem to work fine.
Cheers Federico On 3/27/08, Kevin Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 2:58 PM, joerg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Correct, it checks for 48k-OHM resistor on ID-pin of mini-USB, then > enables 1A > > instead of 100/500mA USB-standard. > > You also may enable 1A-mode (and 500mA mode) via some small GUI-app IIRC. > > > > This is possible via userspace with Bobby's application. > (http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/CheckFastCharge-script). > > However, the flaw to this is that it will force fast charge even if > the charger isn't capable and hints that this could be... bad. :) > > For the record, it APPEARS that with the Python application, the iGo > works just fine as a charger. > > -Kevin > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
