Saturday, May 11, 2013

iPad Mini Power Use

After seeing several discussions of power use on tablets, I decided to start measuring some of mine. I have a 32GB iPad Mini WiFi only.

Testing Methodolgy:
Waited for iPad to charge fully when powered off to mostly remove battery charging impact. Used Garmin GLO and house WiFi access point(2.4GHz) for testing.

Result Summary:
Highest power user was the backlight, tripling the idle power when changed from minimum to maximum. Next highest was when CPU was at high load(moving screen quickly). WiFi and BT used minimal power except during large transfers(some of that was probably CPU not directly WiFi).

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Mode Wireless Amps Watts
Min Backlight/Home Screen Off 0.20 1.03
Max Backlight/Home Screen Off 0.59 3.04
Home Screen Wifi On 0.59 3.04
WiFi Download WiFi On 0.68 3.50
BT Settings Screen BT On, Discoverable 0.61 3.14
Home Screen BT On, No Devices 0.59 3.04
Home Screen Garmin GLO BT On 0.59 3.04
WingX Garmin GLO, Stationary BT On 0.62 3.17
WingX Garmin GLO, Moving Map quickly by hand BT On 0.78 3.98
WingX Sim via WiFi, Stationary WiFi On 0.62 3.18
WingX Sim via WiFi, 170 Kts, Zoomed In WiFi On 0.62 3.19

Notes: After Minimum Backlight test all were done with Backlight on Maximum. 'Sim via WiFi' is driving WingX via WiFi data from X-Plane.

Sunday, April 28, 2013

02 May 2013 Everything

All the charts, plates, AFD, etc for the 02 May 2013 cycle are now live.

This includes: a few updated Sectionals, Terminal Area and World Aeronautical Charts. All IFR Enroute(High Low and Area) charts. Approach Plates and the Airport Facility Directory.

http://www.chartbundle.com/

Friday, March 29, 2013

April 4, 2013 VFR Charts

The updates for the April 4th VFR charts are now live(Sectional, TAC and WAC)

http://ww.chartbundle.com/charts/

Thursday, March 21, 2013

04 April 2013

The 04 April 2013 Approach plates are loaded.

In addition some issues with full chart downloads have been fixed.

Sunday, March 3, 2013

07 March 2013 Everything

All the updates for 07 March 2013 are now live.
Approach Plates.
Airport/Facility Directory
IFR Charts(Enroute Low, High and Area)
VFR Charts(Sectional, WAC and TAC)

www.chartbundle.com

Monday, February 4, 2013

07 FEB 2013 VFR Charts

The VFR Charts for 07 February 2013 have been updated. New TACs and Sectionals.

www.chartbundle.com/charts/

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Midcycle 07 FEB 2013 Plates

The Mid-Cycle approach plates for 07 February 2013 are now live.

www.chartbundle.com