At 4:05 PM -0800 2002/02/12, Mike McCollister wrote: >Does anyone know why when I put in two 1.2 V NiMH >batteries into a Palm m125 the voltage level reads as >3.0V? Is Palm scaling the voltage up for the benefit >of the novice user or is it increasing the voltage >internally and the voltage is accurate as some point >in the circuitry?
Did you tell the OS about the NiMH batteries after you put them in? -- e.g. From a text input field, Shortcut..7 until it responds with "[NiMH]" -- If not, it probably thinks they're Alkaline which uses a different voltage curve look-up table. In any case, as far as 1.2 + 1.2 = 2.4 < 3.0 volts goes, yes, it's regulated both up and down as necessary by various circuitry. Regards, Jim Schram PalmSource Inc. Partner Engineering -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
