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BatterySmart

InHand Electronics, Inc. — June 2007

BatterySmart

Software shipping in military portable devices

  • Designed to work with contemporary Intel StrongARM CPUs and their various power management states (called idle modes), BatterySmart can dynamically adjust the CPU clock speed based upon the operating bandwidth requirements of a handheld device
  • Software provides several user-controlled interfaces that allow designers or users to understand how peripherals such as LCDs, PCMCIA cards, or flash cards are impacting battery life
  • Software API allows developers to tune the code to balance platform performance and I/O needs as a function of battery energy

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