From: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@thyrsus.com>
To: "Gary E. Miller" <gem@rellim.com>
Cc: thumbgps-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net,
'veronica' <veronica@navisys.com.tw>,
tcf@navisys.com.tw, Jau-Yang Chen <cjy@navisys.com.tw>,
gloria@navisys.com.tw, 'lily' <lily@navisys.com.tw>
Subject: Re: [Thumbgps-devel] supercap vs. battery in Macx-1 GPS receiver
Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 14:03:18 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120510180317.GD16595@thyrsus.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120510094342.3babc5ba.gem@rellim.com>
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Gary E. Miller <gem@rellim.com>:
> Yo Jau-Yang!
>
> On Thu, 10 May 2012 18:38:41 +0800
> "Jau-Yang Chen" <cjy@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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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-05-10 18:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-05-10 2:22 Jau-Yang Chen
2012-05-10 2:39 ` Dave Taht
2012-05-10 10:38 ` Jau-Yang Chen
[not found] ` <20120510094342.3babc5ba.gem@rellim.com>
2012-05-10 18:03 ` Eric S. Raymond [this message]
2012-05-10 18:11 ` tz
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