Re: Smart LCD birght/dim...

2008-04-13 Thread ewanm89
On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:47:28 +0100 Sean Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, 2008-04-13 at 14:38 +0100, ewanm89 wrote: > > On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:50:11 +0200 > > "Marco Trevisan (Treviño)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Since Freerunner won't have an hardware light sensor to set

Re: Smart LCD birght/dim...

2008-04-13 Thread Sean Anderson
On Sun, 2008-04-13 at 14:38 +0100, ewanm89 wrote: > On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:50:11 +0200 > "Marco Trevisan (Treviño)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Since Freerunner won't have an hardware light sensor to set its LCD > > brightness, I got some ideas about smartly changing the luminance of > > th

Re: Smart LCD birght/dim...

2008-04-13 Thread ewanm89
On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:50:11 +0200 "Marco Trevisan (Treviño)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Since Freerunner won't have an hardware light sensor to set its LCD > brightness, I got some ideas about smartly changing the luminance of > the GTA02 screen to save its battery (still with an unknown life

Re: Smart LCD birght/dim...

2008-04-12 Thread joerg
Am Sa 12. April 2008 schrieb Marco Trevisan (Treviño): > Since Freerunner won't have an hardware light sensor to set its LCD > brightness, I got some ideas about smartly changing the luminance of the > GTA02 screen to save its battery (still with an unknown life time :/). Actually it's not very

Re: Smart LCD birght/dim...

2008-04-12 Thread Nick Guenther
In particular, the wifi/gprs connection is going to suck a lot more power than the dimming, and weather sites are never accurate to the minute anyway (which *is* what you really need for this to be any better than just having a readily accessible brightness slider). On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 6:52 AM

Re: Smart LCD birght/dim...

2008-04-12 Thread Matt Manjos
I had a Compaq iPaq that did this via a little photodiode and it was implemented well, but there are some times when you want a brighter screen in the dark / darker screen in the daytime, so you're still digging through menus. On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 6:52 AM, Ortwin Regel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote

Re: Smart LCD birght/dim...

2008-04-12 Thread Ortwin Regel
Exactly my thoughts: This sounds way too complicated to actually be useful. I'd rather adjust my brightness manually. On 4/12/08, Nick Guenther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 8:50 PM, "Marco Trevisan (Treviño)" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Since Freerunner won't have an h

Re: Smart LCD birght/dim...

2008-04-11 Thread Nick Guenther
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 8:50 PM, "Marco Trevisan (Treviño)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Since Freerunner won't have an hardware light sensor to set its LCD > brightness, I got some ideas about smartly changing the luminance of the > GTA02 screen to save its battery (still with an unknown life time

Re: Smart LCD birght/dim...

2008-04-11 Thread Jason Self
On Apr 11, 2008, at 5:50 PM, "Marco Trevisan (Treviño)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What do you think about them? With the absence of a hardware sensor, I think this is a good starting point. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.op

Smart LCD birght/dim...

2008-04-11 Thread Marco Trevisan (Treviño)
Since Freerunner won't have an hardware light sensor to set its LCD brightness, I got some ideas about smartly changing the luminance of the GTA02 screen to save its battery (still with an unknown life time :/). Of course they aren't and never will be precise as an hardware sensor is, but it's t