Re: [Arm-netbook] laptop battery lessons...

2016-12-10 Thread Russell Hyer
Hi, I wonder if Vauxhall (UK's division of General Motors (or these days, general unexplained electrical fires...)) has any lessons for electrical wiring in computers. True, cars aren't exactly computers. But these days they're all wired like a computer and contain several just behind the dash. (A

Re: [Arm-netbook] laptop battery lessons...

2016-12-10 Thread Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli
On Tue, 6 Dec 2016 19:01:47 + Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > https://tech.slashdot.org/story/16/12/05/2032203/engineers-explain-why-the-galaxy-note-7-caught-fire#comments > > whoops. *sigh* so i'll be increasing the laptop's height by 1mm. > argh. that's a big redesign... The ro

Re: [Arm-netbook] laptop battery lessons...

2016-12-07 Thread Adam Van Ymeren
On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 12:07 PM, wrote: > The "URL" says as Nickel, not as Lithium. > Which is right? The PDF that the URL links to says: "Li-ion(NiCoMn) Polymer Battery Cell Specification" So its a lithium ion nickel polymer battery? Haha I have no idea what I'm reading. > > On 16.12.6

Re: [Arm-netbook] laptop battery lessons...

2016-12-07 Thread chadvellacott
The "URL" says as Nickel, not as Lithium. Which is right? On 16.12.6 16:30, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: On 12/6/16, Julie Marchant wrote: ~ Actually, are you even using a LiPo battery? Plain Li-ion batteries are rigid and don't have this problem. just reading the datas

Re: [Arm-netbook] laptop battery lessons...

2016-12-06 Thread Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
On 12/6/16, Julie Marchant wrote: > On 12/06/2016 04:00 PM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: >> the battery is radically different: it's an e-bike battery, it's >> going to be robust as hell (capable of delivering far more than what >> is being asked of it), so it's simply not going to be made

Re: [Arm-netbook] laptop battery lessons...

2016-12-06 Thread Julie Marchant
On 12/06/2016 04:00 PM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > the battery is radically different: it's an e-bike battery, it's > going to be robust as hell (capable of delivering far more than what > is being asked of it), so it's simply not going to be made of layers > as thin as the samsung batt

Re: [Arm-netbook] laptop battery lessons...

2016-12-06 Thread Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
On 12/6/16, Julie Marchant wrote: > On 12/06/2016 02:01 PM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: >> https://tech.slashdot.org/story/16/12/05/2032203/engineers-explain-why-the-galaxy-note-7-caught-fire#comments >> >> whoops. *sigh* so i'll be increasing the laptop's height by 1mm. >> argh. tha

Re: [Arm-netbook] laptop battery lessons...

2016-12-06 Thread Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
On 12/6/16, Russell Hyer wrote: > Well, it's a lucky catch. > > @Luke, as to tolerances, will you match the tolerances as described by > the expert report, or will you adjust and add an additional tolerance > on top? 6mm + 10% => 6.6mm - i'm adding 1.0 so 7mm. l. __

Re: [Arm-netbook] laptop battery lessons...

2016-12-06 Thread Russell Hyer
Well, it's a lucky catch. @Luke, as to tolerances, will you match the tolerances as described by the expert report, or will you adjust and add an additional tolerance on top? R On 6 December 2016 at 19:13, Julie Marchant wrote: > On 12/06/2016 02:01 PM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: >> ht

Re: [Arm-netbook] laptop battery lessons...

2016-12-06 Thread Julie Marchant
On 12/06/2016 02:01 PM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > https://tech.slashdot.org/story/16/12/05/2032203/engineers-explain-why-the-galaxy-note-7-caught-fire#comments > > whoops. *sigh* so i'll be increasing the laptop's height by 1mm. > argh. that's a big redesign... Does the laptop h

Re: [Arm-netbook] laptop battery lessons...

2016-12-06 Thread Russell Hyer
Well, that depends. One neat (but silly) tech magazine that publishes (effectively) only adverts and warnings (regular machines may be boring or rubbish) published a lovely, glowing review of the galaxy firestorm (or whatever the actual name is) saying it's great giving 4/5 -- apart from the issue

[Arm-netbook] laptop battery lessons...

2016-12-06 Thread Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/16/12/05/2032203/engineers-explain-why-the-galaxy-note-7-caught-fire#comments whoops. *sigh* so i'll be increasing the laptop's height by 1mm. argh. that's a big redesign... l. ___ arm-netbook mailing list arm-netb

Re: [Arm-netbook] laptop battery

2016-09-16 Thread Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
--- crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68 On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 5:07 PM, Muhammed Adel Afzal wrote: > I remember reading somewhere that the eoma laptop battery will be different > from usual laptop batteries. Magnesium instead of Lithium ... or something >

[Arm-netbook] laptop battery

2016-09-16 Thread Muhammed Adel Afzal
I remember reading somewhere that the eoma laptop battery will be different from usual laptop batteries. Magnesium instead of Lithium ... or something like that. And that it has different traits. What kind of battery does the eoma laptop have? What's the right way to take care of it? Is it