NewRPL announciator question

[SammysHP]

AFAIK that annunciator is a low battery warning. I have the same problem with my calculator and already reported it to the developers a long time ago. The ADC values have wrong thresholds, but for some reason I've never continued to fix them. Maybe because I got lost in the code somewhere. IIRC I asked the developer how I can read the ADC value, but didn't get a helpful response.

Edit:

Quote:2022-01-11

Hi Claudio,

I've just noticed that the low battery annunciator on my HP 39gs with
newRPL is on, but the batteries (NiMH) are still at 1.25 V each (5 V
total). IMHO that's still a very acceptable level.

From looking at the code it doesn't seem there is a command to print
the current voltage or ADC value and also nothing for runtime
calibration. Do you think it would be feasible to add both:

1. a command to put the current voltage or ADC value on the stack
2. a hidden variable that can be used to calibrate the voltage reading
(offset to the hardcoded thresholds)

Got a reply that it works as intended. Under load the battery voltage should drop. I was also told to wait until the annunciator starts blinking. My response:

Quote:I've just tested it under load (NUMINT) using my oscilloscope. There was
almost no drop, only 0.01 V. Eneloop have a pretty good discharge curve.
A method to get the current voltage or raw value would be great
nevertheless.

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