lien@plains.UUCP (Craig Lien) (12/08/89)
For the hp-28S
I'm wondndering, would the heme of my battery saving feature actually
be worth the time of figuring it out and typing it in.
The scheme: Put the calculator in SLOW (the compliment of fast)
and then turn off the LCD.
Is it conceivable that the above scheme actually would save on my
batteries?
Thanks,
Craig.
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lien@plains.nodak.edu peraino@gmu90x.gmu.edu (peraino) (12/08/89)
>From lien@plains.UUCP Thu Dec 7 14:56:37 1989 >Subject: Saving on batteries >I'm wondndering, would the heme of my battery saving feature actually >be worth the time of figuring it out and typing it in. > >The scheme: Put the calculator in SLOW (the compliment of fast) > and then turn off the LCD. > >Is it conceivable that the above scheme actually would save on my >batteries? > >Thanks, >Craig. If you could hold off on your research, I have already done it for you! Sometime after next week, I will be releasing an article on battery consumption in general. I have already done the specific test you speak of, and have used it in an application that I have not released yet (the alarm system). To answer your query (I am hoping it wasn't a rhetorical question), you will only cut battery consumption by 1/3 using this method; speed versus power consumption is not a linear scale. I will be posting as soon as I can find a decent way of posting quattro graphs in an ascii form so all can really read them. Stay tuned everyone! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bob Peraino UUCP : uunet!pyrdc!gmu90x!peraino George Mason University INTERNET: peraino@gmuvax.gmu.edu UCIS, Thompson Hall, rm 2 <- BITNET : peraino@gmuvax 4400 University Drive \ PHONE : (703)-323-2549 Fairfax, VA 22030 \- Yeah, they put us in the basement, too. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------