On Sunday 22 July 2018 18:58:44 Alan Corey wrote: > Don't really know, on a quick glance I'm not sure where to connect the > battery. But it has a 32 KHz oscillator. The RK805 I think is a chip > on the board, has a clock and several bucks in it. The Rock64 > schematic shows it as a power distribution block. > > From > http://files.pine64.org/doc/rock64/Rockchip_RK805_Datasheet_V1.1%C2%A0 >20160921.pdf > I do not see anything there that says battery. And I just checked the printouts for both bus connectors, no battery called out. That 32khz crystal is I have to assume, there for clocking the sequencing of system power for shut down and bootup. Never used off chip from what I can see.
> Looks like it expects 2.8 - 3.5 volts so not a lithium battery. Not > sure if it tries to charge it or not. > > You know about their IRC, right? > > http://uk.pine64.xyz:9090/?channels=Pine64&uio=MTE9MjE131 > Yes, I hit that at least daily. I'm the gene83 there. > Strange URL, there are pine64 and rock64 channels in there. > Apparently their own irc server. Thanks Alan. -- Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>