At 9:59 AM -0800 1999/03/01, Daniel McCarty wrote:
>I recently updated an app that used the OS 2.0 SysBatteryInfo after
>a PalmV user reported that voltages were being displayed as 0. But
>after testing the updated code the user reported a steep dropoff after
>100%. His results are:
> 4.00, 4.02, 4.04, & 4.05 volts - gauge shows 100%
> 3.98 volts - gauge show 88%
> 3.96 volts - gauge show 86%
>
> Has SysBatteryInfo been updated in OS 3.1 to handle the PalmV's
>LiIon battery? The code I'm using seems fairly straightforward:
Yup, that's LiIon technology for you. It has an EXTREMELY sharp drop-off; just a few
centivolts. It's also why using the battery voltage to determine capacity is really
the wrong approach for LiIon.
Regards,
Jim Schram
3Com/Palm Computing
Partner Engineering
