[Thumbgps-devel] supercap vs. battery in Macx-1 GPS receiver

[Eric S. Raymond]

Gary E. Miller <gem at rellim.com>:
> Yo Jau-Yang!
> 
> On Thu, 10 May 2012 18:38:41 +0800
> "Jau-Yang Chen" <cjy at navisys.com.tw> wrote:
> 
> > After being fully charge, the supercap in Macx-1 could last around 4
> > hours, and around one week for Li-ion battery,
> 
> Well, that explains my one hour cold start when receiving the sample
> units.  One week hold-up is pretty short, and 4 hours hardly worth the
> effort.
> 
> Luckily the thumbgps project is for always on, but for weekend use neither
> is good.  Most mouse GPS have batteries are good for a month or more of
> standby.

Opps, wires are crossed here - I believe cjy was speaking
subjunctively and the device as shipped has a Li-ion battery in it,
but the supercap is a manufacturing option. He'll correct me if I'm
wrong.
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		<a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>
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