Question about charging

[Andy Green]

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Somebody in the thread at some point said:
| I plan on making a generator for my bicycle. It will power some LEDS,
| but if I can make enough current, I could charge the phone as well.
|
| According to documentation, the freerunner wants 100mA, 500mA or 1000mA,
| and no more than 5V. Limiting to 5V should be easy enough. I just wonder
| if the charging can handle unstable voltage, for example if it
| alternates between useable 5V and "too low" 10 times a second.
|
| Will the phone be able to draw some current at moments where there is
| enough voltage, or does it need a more stable supply of power?

The charging state machine probably can't cope with that in a reasonable
way.

But, it should use whatever's present to feed VB_SYS dynamically,
favouring it instead of the battery.  If you have an A6 or A7 GTA02, it
might even not crash your CPU while it's doing that :-)

If you are pedalling steadily, the charger can get started too, so it
sounds worth a try.

- -Andy
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