Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 22:22:29 +0000 From: T i m <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Some answers please?
Hi again David, David VanHorn wrote: > Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 15:35:20 -0500 > From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LIB] Some answers please? > > > > Be warned, the screen is no good during the day, unless it's pretty cloudy. > I take a jacket along to make a light hood out of. (no good for driving!) [T] Thanks for the tip but that shouldn't be a problem for me. My primary intended use for the Libby is calculating the next leg of our motorcycle / camping trip, then to send the way points via a serial port into my Garmin GPS III+. (The prog is by Garmin, called Mapsouce and runs under 95/98). The GPS has it's own real time World map built in and can also accept more detailed maps for most countries but it only has restricted internal memory and no removable memory cards. London and a few other areas will easily fill the memory requiring a portable PC for regular updates, depending on where you are heading. You *can* plot the way points on the GPS directly but it's a bit fiddly. (The new GPS V has a 'Autoroute' type feature and is more like 'Satnav', telling you where to turn etc ..) > To run in the car, I have a small 110V inverter. It's more versatile that > way, and it protects the L from transients in the car electrical system. [T] That's a good idea but 'possibly' more inefficient than going direct (I agree more flexible ..) and on a motorcycle (all be it with trailer)! With all the camping gear for 2 weeks and 3 people we are tight for space / weight and my BMW hasn't got either a big battery or alternator? ;-( >How long does yours run on batteries and are you in a car or on a bike? > > I haven't timed mine lately, a couple hours on the big pack I think. [T] So, allowing for L start-up and the actual journey planning, about 4 x '15 min sessions' per charge David? > That reminds me, time to swap packs. I have one small, and one > large. When not otherwise occupied, the L is my chip programmer for Atmel > AVR chips, and sits on the bench. [T] Handy little beasts aren't they the Libretto's ... never programmed any Micro controllers but sent plenty of Intel HEX / BIN files to EPROM's in my time ;-) All the best and thanks again David .. T i m > > > ************************************************************** > http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list > http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives > http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ > -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- > Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be > addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text > on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe > --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ > Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest > ************************************************************** ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
