Questions tagged [energysmart]

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Turn off power saving options via command line

On Windows XP, the following command in a script will prevent any power saving options from being enabled on the PC (monitor sleep, HD sleep, etc.). This is useful for kiosk applications. powercfg.exe /setactive presentation What is the equivalent…
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What kind of bugs have you fixed due to energy inefficiency issues when you develop mobile apps

For those who write applications for mobile phones, what kind of bugs/problems have you fixed in order to improve energy efficiency, and how much the fix improves? A follow-up question: is energy efficiency considered as important as features and…
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Obtain information of the Energy Consumption in multicore systems

I have seen that in linux it is possible to enable/diable cpu cores: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/145645/diabling-cpu-cores-on-quad-core-processor-on-linux And also to change the cpu clock…
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efm32 - efm32gg380f1024 - rtc features

I'm working with the efm32gg380f1024 on a project. I currently use the BURTC timer (ULFRC clock) as tick source and I would like to use the normal RTC timer(LFRC clock) as well. Do they exclude each other or can I use both the same time? I was…
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Energy efficiency of Android sensors vs Bluetooth low energy sensors?

I am making an android application that requires me to detect the user's motion. My application also requires me to use an external sensor, which is a Bluetooth smart sensor, for some other purposes. Now I have two options: to use the…
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autmatic turnng off of the monitor when computer is locked

I want to write a program in java such that as soon as the computer is locked by pressing (ALT +CTR+DEL -> lock comp ) the monitor becomes off.I want to implement this is java. Also when user presses any key of keyboard the monitor shold be on. How…
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How can we read the electricity usage from the Electricity Meters in Android?

I'm an Android enthusiastic. I'm thinking of a eco-friendly app that awares the user about the electricity consumption they had made so far. So, I need some way to measure the electricity usage from the Electricity Meters. Most of the apps that I…
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