[geeks] Wow, that is one way to spend your time...

[Lionel Peterson]

The link below goes to a web page that outlines how to use self-test
battery tests (you know, squeeze the battery, see how much juice is
left in the battery) as a CPU load indicator (under Linux).

It seems that you hook the wrapper of the battery into a small circuit
that attaches to a serial port, and some software foo completes the
picture...

http://webperso.easyconnect.fr/om.the/web/duracell_cpumon/

Thought folks here might be interested... From Slashdot...


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Lionel

"I am not into examining other peoples' dumps..." - Sheldon T. Hall

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