A laptop battery breakthrough at TI: "Its gauge accurately measures remaining power, company says

Drivers can trust the fuel gauges in their cars to tell them whether the tank is half full or close to empty. But laptop owners do not have the same security when they check the time left in a lithium-ion battery.

Now Texas Instruments researchers have come up with a monitor that they say laptop users can trust to measure remaining battery energy accurately. The new gauges should help people avoid unexpected shutdowns that could result in a loss of data."

Strange that with all this technology, something seemingly simple like estimating the remaining battery energy is so difficult.


-K

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