Re: [gpsd-dev] New 0.5 draft of the SemPiTernal HOWTO

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Frank!

On Thu, 5 May 2016 13:11:05 -0400
Frank <address@hidden> wrote:

> > On May 5, 2016, at 1:08 PM, Gary E. Miller <address@hidden> wrote:
> >   
> >> “force_turbo=1” forces the Pi to run at maximum clock speed all the
> >> time.  This generates heat & increased power consumption.  If
> >> constant/max clock speed is desired (for NTP constancy?), keep
> >> this. If power/heat are a concern, remove this.  
> > 
> > I think that is needed because the serial port speed is tied to the
> > clock speed.  Let the CPU slumber and the serial port speed goes
> > crazy.  
> 
> Nope - that only applies on the Raspberry Pi 3, with the BT using the
> ttyAM0 lines.  If you remap the serial back, how the previous PI’s
> are, then the serial speed is not tied to the CPU clock.

If you can explain how to do that to Eric, so he can explain it to us,
that would be great.

Saving power is a big deal in mobile applications.

RGDS
GARY
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