[PATCH 4/4] RX-51: Add platform function and data for bq24150a charger
Pavel Machek
pavel at ucw.cz
Mon Sep 23 20:05:50 EDT 2013
Hi!
> > No, isp1704 is power supply driver and export data via power
> > supply (sysfs) interface. It is not regulator but charger driver.
>
> well it does not charge the battery directly, but just provides a
> power line with 5 Volt and a specified amount of current to the
> system, doesn't it?
I don't want to talk about isp1704, but...
LiION charger is just something that provides 4.2V power line with
C/10 current limitation...
(IOW line between regulators and chargers is very very thin, if it
even exists).
Pavel
(who did use laboratory power supply as emergency battery charger)
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