Hi Guys.
I am building a wee computer for my scooter based on a site I saw where a guy had built a scooterputer using an arduino and a few devices.
I realised, I still need an arduino for a couple of parts, BUT for the touch screen, GPS, accelerometer and other sensors, an old-ish android phone I have will do exactly what I want ! (and some what cheaper) and I can still interact with the Arduino.
ANYWAY, the question I have is, does anyone know how much power is drawn when a phone is on standby? I see this as the flaw in my project. I have built a power supply circuit to provide power to the phone when the scooter is running, but I dont want to have to have it boot up everyday etc.
So I thought, well maybe I can ask if anyone knows what sort of power is drawn on standby and I can either have it feed that off the scooter battery or prob. provide an alternative power like 2 penlight batteries etc......
Hope that makes sense
Jeremy
I am building a wee computer for my scooter based on a site I saw where a guy had built a scooterputer using an arduino and a few devices.
I realised, I still need an arduino for a couple of parts, BUT for the touch screen, GPS, accelerometer and other sensors, an old-ish android phone I have will do exactly what I want ! (and some what cheaper) and I can still interact with the Arduino.
ANYWAY, the question I have is, does anyone know how much power is drawn when a phone is on standby? I see this as the flaw in my project. I have built a power supply circuit to provide power to the phone when the scooter is running, but I dont want to have to have it boot up everyday etc.
So I thought, well maybe I can ask if anyone knows what sort of power is drawn on standby and I can either have it feed that off the scooter battery or prob. provide an alternative power like 2 penlight batteries etc......
Hope that makes sense
Jeremy
