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    Continuous use —Max Davies
   I have an application where I want to use the HandyBoard continually, 24 hours a day for months on end. Is it safe to run it continually with the trickle charger plugged in? Will it have enough power providing I only do a bit of IR and RS232 (...) (27 years ago, 18-Oct-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
   
        Re: Continuous use —Fred G. Martin
   (...) Yes, this will work fine. -Fred (27 years ago, 19-Oct-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
   
        Low battery detection —Max Davies
     Is it possible for a handy-board program (either 'C' or assembler) to detect a low battery condition? (27 years ago, 29-Oct-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
   
        Re: Low battery detection —Brian Lavery
   (...) Sure: Solder a wire to the "BATTERY +", add 2 resistors to make a voltage divider (to divide the battery ABSOLUTE MAX condition, say about 12V, down to about 4 volts for the analog 0-5v range), and feed it into an ANALOG input point. Put a (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 

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