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Originally Posted by TechniSol
Jusmee,
Since regulated voltage should remain constant, it's probably sufficient to just account for uptime for each power state in a variable and multiply each of those by the respective amperage draw for that operation mode on a per uptime basis and subtract that from the total estimated capacity when first starting the device. Later as the battery was cycled you'd re-evaluate that total estimated capacity and replace it with measured capacity based on the method espoused above.
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No wonder these devices are running short of power -- if they have to do the above then 90% of their power usage is calculating battery capacity left. [Just joking -- but still...].