Avigo Battery Meter
By Thomas Chapman

Thanks to: Gerard Vermeulen, Hans B Pufal, Bill Baxter, Willie Macris, Ian Rowlings, and my wife for her support.


This software is POSTCARDWARE!!!
To register and receive the source code, see the end of this file...


Avigo Battery Meter allows you to monitor the battery level of the batteries in your Avigo.  It also shows the points at which you will loose functionality if you don't charge or replace your batteries.
These points include:

Sync - The point at which there is not enough power to run the communication port.  Sync will fail.

Light - The point at which the light is not useful.  If the light is used while trying to lookup information, the Avigo will shutdown in less than one minute.

Save - The point at which there is not enough power to save any new entries or changes to the data.  The batteries only have enough power for looking up information or playing games.

Of course your batteries may act slightly different from the ones that I used to get the original data points.  I tried to get different types of batteries and find out the characteristics of each type.

If you would like to improve the data in this program you can keep track of the different levels where your Avigo stops performing the above functions and send me an e-mail with the information.  (See TO SEE RAW BATTERY VALUES below)  I will use all data to improve the data used.

NOTE: The only batteries I didn't try are the Renewals,  I set their data up to work similar to Alkaline.

TO SEE RAW BATTERY VALUES:
Click on the AAA Battery graph, and at the bottom of the batteries you will see the Raw Battery Value for each battery.
This is the number that I need if you want to send me the values of your battery.

IMPORTAINT: Read all values with the backlight OFF!!!
	Also, DO NOT Press on screen while reading value!!!

The different values of interest would be:
Battery TYPE - I need to know what brand and chemical type your
		batteries are.	Alk, NiCd, NiMH, Renewals, etc...
FRESH - The value of Brand New or Freshly charged batteries.
SYNC - The value where you can no longer sync or transfer from
	your computer.
LIGHT - The value when your light lasts no more than a minute when
	the Avigo is being used. (Read Value when Light is off!!!)
SAVE - The value when you can no longer save new items to your Avigo.
	Example, Sketches, ToDo's, Schedule Items, etc...
SPENT - The value of the batteries when the Avigo no longer runs while
	pressing on the screen.  (Quick taps are OK)


Version Changes
1.0 Original
1.1 Improved values for NiMH
    Fixed problem redrawing battery when at 0%
1.2 Fixed problem redrawing battery when over 127%
    Other minor fixes
1.3 Built with Freeware SDK 0.92 b1
    Application Size is now 16K (Was 32K using old SDK)

Questions?
Thomas Chapman
tcchapman@vinca.com


Source code for use with the Freeware SDK includes:
	Menu Button Code
		(works exactly like the real thing!)
	Radio Button Code
	Scrolling Text Code
	Bar Graph Code
	Preferences Examples
	System Icon Examples

To register this software and receive the source code, Send a Postcard with your e-mail address to:

Thomas Chapman
125 E. Main St. #224
American Fork, Utah 84003
USA

Don't forget to include your e-mail address to receive the code...
