[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] Measuring power consumption of 770

[From: Igor Stoppa]

On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 21:42 +0100, ext Claudio Scordino wrote:
> > > Does anybody have an idea about how to make the Nokia 770 work without
> > > the battery (just with the electric cable) or how to make such a
> > > measurement ?
> >
> > Why don't you just wire a battery to the battery pins and connect your
> > meters to these wires?
> 
> The voltage and the current provided by the battery is much different from the 
> values provided by an electric cable connected to a socket (220V and 50Hz 
> here in Italy).

I know that, been there for 28 years :-D

> That's why our measurement tools wouldn't work with such a small current...
> 
Then I would recommend you to fix the design of you measurement setup if
you want to get anything useful out of it.

You know the battery capacitance, the promised standby time and browsing
time, you can figure out the current value that you are going to
measure.

> Many thanks,
> 
>                Claudio
> 
Cheers,
       Igor
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Igor Stoppa, Nokia M / Tampere Finland