[bookport] Re: USB power
- From: "Mike Arrigo" <n0oxy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 21:14:55 -0500
You can purchase lithium aa batteries. They are not rechargeable, but, they
last so long in the book port that this isn't an issue. I've had the same
set in the unit now for about 5 months, and I use the unit at least every
other day, they just keep going.
----- Original Message -----
From: "LARRY SKUTCHAN" <lskutchan@xxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 11:08 AM
Subject: [bookport] Re: USB power
> These are all options we are considering.
>
> >>> ewers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Friday, April 08, 2005 11:33:57 AM >>>
> Larry, are you talking about a proprietary battery pack gotten from
> APH,
> are we simply talking about using rechargeable batteries. I, for one,
> would not vote for a thinner unit if it used a battery pack that I
> couldn't just pick up locally. However, having said that, there are
> some very nice lithium ion batteries out there that one could just
> slip
> into the unit. I have several like this on some very small recording
> equipment I have. While they are not readily available locally, they
> can be easily gotten and they have a number of advantages all of which
> I
> am sure you know about.
> For one thing, they don't have the same kind of battery memory that
> NIMH
> batteries have. However, if they need to be recharged in the book
> port,
> one would need an AC adaptor for the unit. Either that, or people
> would
> have to purchase a separate charger.
> Neal
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of LARRY SKUTCHAN
> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 9:29 AM
> To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bookport] Re: USB power
>
>
> Yes, the battery gauge could be accurate.
>
> One other thing in the favor of using a rechargable system is that the
> unit could be much thinner than it is now.
>
> We don't have much information yet on how long the unit could run on
> the
> new battery system.
>
> >>> ewers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Friday, April 08, 2005 9:26:41 AM >>>
> Larry, would rechargeable batteries offer the same degree of accuracy
> with the battery gauge? Myself, I don't mind buying regular batteries
> because the unit is so battery efficient. This is especially so if
> you're going to allow the computer to power the unit when it is
> connected to the computer. The other point is that people can already
> use rechargeables if they want to do so. Of course, I suspect if you
> went the route of rechargeable batteries you would work to make the
> unit
> more efficient when using them. So I guess another question would be,
> would the book port then be less efficient with regular batteries?
> Neal
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of LARRY SKUTCHAN
> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 7:53 AM
> To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bookport] Re: USB power
>
>
> While we are on this subject.
>
> What is the opinion of the list on the subject of rechargeable vs
> alkalyn batteries in a future Book Port design?
>
> I am personally very happy with the way the current system works,
> because there is never any down time while the unit recharges, you
> don't
> have to take a charger with you, and power is always just two AAs
> away.
>
> >>> ewers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Friday, April 08, 2005 8:32:41 AM >>>
> Ok, Larry is the man and if the man says yes, then yes it is. Is
> there
> no limit to how good this product can be?
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of LARRY SKUTCHAN
> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 6:32 AM
> To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bookport] Re: USB power
>
>
> Yes, that is our intent.
>
>
> >>> joenorton1@xxxxxxxxxxx Friday, April 08, 2005 5:35:42 AM >>>
> Hi APH and listers:
>
> I know that the BookPort while plugged into the USB port uses a
> certain
>
> amount of power from the batteries. However, it occurs to me that the
> USB
> port can provide all the power needed and it seems odd that the BP
> couldn't take advantage of this instead of draining the batteries for
> this
> function. My Braille display at work runs completely off the USB port
>
> without the need for any other external power source. Could this be
> eventually true of the BP if you ever update the hardware?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
>
>
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