From: Adriano (adriano.angelillis_at_gmail.com)
Date: Sat Aug 20 2005 - 10:01:40 PDT
Hi,
if you own n.2 Newtons and one of them is completely discharged
you will be able to power the discharged Newton using the first one.
All you need is a NewtLight a NewtAC and the NewtLight application.
First connect the NewtLight serial plug to the functional MessagePad =20
and the NewtAC current plug to the discharged one.
Then hook both the adapters together, start the NewtLight.app stored =20
on the functional MessagePad,
tap 'Connect' and just turn-on the second device.
Thanks to Frank, who made the wonderful NewtLight application
you can also make some tests about the MessagePad current consumption
[in example: once the second device will be turned-on, the NewtLight =20
window on the first device
will display how much current is drained during the boot,
so one can turn-on the backlight and look at what the NewtLight.app =20
will show,
or can connect a keyboard, a pcmcia card, a flash card, bluetooth, =20
wifi, etc etc etc =85]
Please remember the WARNING (as printed on all NewtLight envelopes):
MP2K/eMate can source a maximum current of 500mA at 5V, shared among =20
the serial port and the PCMCIA card slot(s).
Power used by the card slot(s) must be subtracted to determine the =20
amount of current available to the port.
The specification says that the maximum power that should be sourced =20
by the serial port should never exceed 100mA.
Higher currents should be safe as long as the total power budget of =20
500mA isn't exceeded.
Don't forget to publish your own experiences on the Newton WikiPedia:
http://tools.unna.org/wikiwikinewt/index.php/PowerConsumption
http://tools.unna.org/wikiwikinewt/index.php/NewtLight
http://tools.unna.org/wikiwikinewt/index.php/NewtAC
Many thanks,
Adriano
'Green is better'
http://homepage.mac.com/adriano.angelillis/=
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