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emkay · 07-21-2006, 10:05 AM

Hi,
I found that the USB link doesn't work when the battery is lowish, even when the mains power is plugged in.

Conclusion1: The Iliad needs a reasonable amount of onboard power to be recognised as a USB storage device by your PC. This I find strange, when you consider that USB sticks have no onboard power. But then I suppose the Iliad needs more than USB's built in 5v to do its thing - it is running its own OS after all.

Conclusion2: The Iliad is not running on mains power when plugged in, it's just running from the charging battery. (?!)

Conclusion3: Yes, they do need a low battery warning.

And bring on the power management!

07-21-2006, 10:05 AM	#5
emkay Zealot Posts: 103 Karma: 11 Join Date: Jul 2006	Hi, I found that the USB link doesn't work when the battery is lowish, even when the mains power is plugged in. Conclusion1: The Iliad needs a reasonable amount of onboard power to be recognised as a USB storage device by your PC. This I find strange, when you consider that USB sticks have no onboard power. But then I suppose the Iliad needs more than USB's built in 5v to do its thing - it is running its own OS after all. Conclusion2: The Iliad is not running on mains power when plugged in, it's just running from the charging battery. (?!) Conclusion3: Yes, they do need a low battery warning. And bring on the power management!