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

[From: Claudio Scordino]

> > If I can make the 770 work with only the battery charger (using a kind of
> > bypass instead of the battery), I could use my multimeter for electrical
> > sockets to measure the power consumption of the device...
> > A multimeter for the electrical socket is cheap, and does not require to
> > play with resistors and the Ohm law.
> >
> > As I told you, the problem is that when the battery charger is plugged in
> > but the battery is not, the 770 does not work (and it makes sense, since
> > it is a *battery* charger, and not a power supply for the 770).
> >
> > So, my question is: any idea about how to bypass the battery, making the
> > 770 work with just the battery charger ?
>
> I repeat this only because you might have missed my previous advice.
> You DO want to use the battery, _without_ the charger.

Actually I missed it...

Many thanks again,

              Claudio