How long could the battery be expected to last without any solar cell energy input? Such information would be super informative to get a feel for how long it will run indoors in a darker space (e.g. on a nightstand in a bedroom which stays 'blacked out' dark all day).
Also, would this hardware be sufficient to run a terminal and SSH client? I'm thinking about the overhead of encryption and constantly open TCP socket streaming packets back and forth over Wi-Fi.
I don't think this first iteration even has a network stack, is that right? Is having Wi-Fi even on the table as a realistic design target?
Edit: Thank you @reerdna for all the helpful information. 40 days of activity on a single charge would still be pretty compelling :). Heck, even a full week or two of constant general purpose use would be amazingly better than than current laptops which last only 2-12 hours of active use (at best).
Perhaps 200 days? This was already discussed in another thread. But you wouldn't be able to read the screen in darkness, it is reflective and not backlit.
I have SSHed into a Microvax II some times, this is 50 times faster. So possible, definitely.
No network stack yet, although the chip has bluetooth so it'd be possible to make that work, perhaps with a "gateway" device. But it would likely increase power use by 5X.
Also, would this hardware be sufficient to run a terminal and SSH client? I'm thinking about the overhead of encryption and constantly open TCP socket streaming packets back and forth over Wi-Fi.
I don't think this first iteration even has a network stack, is that right? Is having Wi-Fi even on the table as a realistic design target?
Edit: Thank you @reerdna for all the helpful information. 40 days of activity on a single charge would still be pretty compelling :). Heck, even a full week or two of constant general purpose use would be amazingly better than than current laptops which last only 2-12 hours of active use (at best).