On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 23:12, Paul Eggleton wrote:
After experiencing and reading about the problems with charging
(http://bugzilla.openmoko.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=212) I
am
beginning to wonder if it would be a good idea to add a charging LED at
some
point. Most phones show some kind of indication when charging, and a
small
LED would mean you don't have the device in a running state for it to
show
the charging status and it only draws a small amount of current. I'm
not
convinced that using the backlight as an indication is the right thing
to do
in this case.
Obviously I realise "just adding a charging LED" is not an easy task at
this
point but I think it's worth considering for the future.
Cheers,
Paul
Something that might be easier would be a led in series with one of the
power terminals on the charger plug. It will only light when power is
flowing so you know that you have it connected correctly. Plus, this
can be added even in the current generation as it does not require a mod
to the phone at all.
--Tim
