Boron Solar Charging with 1.5.0-rc1

[chipmc]

@Rftop,

I am sure that you have covered all the bases and I am just trying to make sure I understand. As you know, I have added temperature control over charging and detailed my approach here:

Cold Weather and LiPO Charging

If you normalize that voltage graph in reference to ambient temperature, you will likely notice several important aspects that are not apparent. One is that the Temperature is having much more of an impact on the Cell Voltage than you’d think. Secondly, the is not much energy is being stored in the Li-Po when attempting to charge below 0C. I performed several rounds of tests for a Client (paid work so I cant publish the results here). I was surprised at the outcome. You can measure the volt…

In this approach, enabling and disabling charging is relatively simple and can be done each time I check the temperature.

So, it seems like there are a few approaches:

1. Stick with the old approach.
2. Disable power management (SystemPowerFeature::DISABLE) and then take acre of all the settings myself. I am not clear about what this entails and would hate to make a mistake here.
3. Use the new API and the old pmic.disableCharging() just as I do today? Is this a valid approach?

Thank you for your time and explanations, I just want to make the best choice and would love to take advantage of the new API.

Chip