Intel Software Network articles feed http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/mobility/download/ en-us Platform Awareness Service Downloads
Here are all of the various flavors of pre-built Platform Awareness Service and Platform Monitor binaries. They are all made available under the GPL, so if you want to have a look at the source code, look here.

Download Description
Platform Awareness Service RPM Installer (1MB|RPM) An Platform Awareness Servivce installer for RPM based devices (e.g. devices running Midinux).
Platform Awareness Service RPM Installer (Debug) (1MB|RPM) An Platform Awareness Servivce installer for RPM based devices (e.g. devices running Midinux). This installer has debug symbols and logging enabled. The default log file is ~/.midplatformsvc.log.
Platform Awareness Service RPM Installer (No GPS) (1MB|RPM) An Platform Awareness Servivce installer for RPM based devices (e.g. devices running Midinux). If your device doesn't have a GPS device installed, or if the gpsd service isn't installed, use this installer.
Platform Awareness Service Debian Installer (1MB|DEB) An Platform Awareness Servivce installer for Debian based devices (e.g. devices running Ubuntu Mobile Edition).
Platform Awareness Service Debian Installer (Debug) (1MB|DEB) An Platform Awareness Servivce installer for Debian based devices (e.g. devices running Ubuntu Mobile Edition). This installer has debug symbols and logging enabled. The default log file is ~/.midplatformsvc.log.
Platform Awareness Service Debian Installer (No GPS) (1MB|DEB) An Platform Awareness Servivce installer for Debian based devices (e.g. devices running Ubuntu Mobile Edition). If your device doesn't have a GPS device installed, or if the gpsd service isn't installed, use this installer.
Platform Monitor RPM Installer (2MB|RPM) Installs the Platform Monitor on RPM based devices (e.g. devices running Midinux).
]]> http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/platform-awareness-service-downloads Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:55:34 -0700 http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/platform-awareness-service-downloads#comments http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/platform-awareness-service-downloads Mobility MID Platform Awareness Service Source Code

If you want to build it yourself, explore the guts, or even modify and redistribute - knock yourself out. All code here is licensed under the GPL. If you are looking for something that you can use in a proprietary project, see the sample source included with the whitepapers.


Source Code Description
Platform Awareness Service CVS Tree Snapshot (Inludes Platform Monitor) (4.5MB|ZIP) A tarball of the entire Platform Awareness Service CVS repository. The Platform Monitor Source is located in the PlatformMonitor directory.
Platform Awareness Service Midinux Source RPM (1.4MB|RPM) A source RPM of the Platform Awareness Service Midinux build.
Platform Awareness Service Midinux Source RPM (Debug) (1.4MB|RPM) A source RPM of the Platform Awareness Service Midinux build with debug symbols and logging enabled.
Platform Awareness Service Midinux Source RPM (No GPS) (1.4MB|RPM) A source RPM of the Platform Awareness Service Midinux build with no GPS capabilities. Use this source RPM if the platform you are building on does not have a GPS device, or doesn't have gpsd installed.
Platform Monitor Source RPM (2MB|RPM) A source RPM of the Platform Monitor.
]]> http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/platform-awareness-service-source-code Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:54:17 -0700 http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/platform-awareness-service-source-code#comments http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/platform-awareness-service-source-code Mobility MID Google Gadget For Desktop Search Battery Monitor  

Google/Intel Performance Power Gadget

The Google's Desktop Sidebar Gadget integrates into the Desktop Sidebar and provides laptop users information such as battery charge and drain rates and time remaining for most laptops.

The Intel Performance Power Gadget consists of a single DLL (IntelPPW.dll) and a set of HTML and GIF files for the charge and drain rate log files. These files are installed in the "Program Files Intel Performance Power" directory. The install consists of a setup.exe and the setupippm.msi file. To gain access to the setup program, directly click on the URL below:

http://softwarecommunity.intel.com/ISN/Home/SiteImages/3/setup.exe

The setup.exe file will check for install prerequisites such as the MSVC C/C++ 8.0 runtime. If the install fails it is most likely due to the failure to install the MSVC runtime prerequisite. Install the freely redistributable MSVC runtime:

http://softwarecommunity.intel.com/ISN/Home/SiteImages/3/vcredist_x86/vcredist_x86.exe

and try running setup again.

If you have questions email me at: richard.winterton@intel.com

 

Here are some more articles on power management and green software:

 

]]> http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/google-gadget-for-desktop-search-battery-monitor Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:29:03 -0700 http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/google-gadget-for-desktop-search-battery-monitor#comments http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/google-gadget-for-desktop-search-battery-monitor Mobility Application Energy Toolkit

 

The Application Energy Toolkit is a set of tools designed to help software developers and quality assurance teams to create and evaluate software applications for power awareness. The primary objectives of these tools are to increase the developer's understanding of the application's impact on battery power and to help them create energy-efficient software.

The tools within the Application Energy Toolkit originated in the former Mobile Computing Technology Kit (MCTK) and have been modified to support Microsoft Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. The mobility enabling tools provided in the toolkit are intended to support experimentation, testing, and diagnostic evaluation of applications during the software development process.

Key Components

There are three components in the Application Energy Toolkit:

1) Power Status Simulator (Windows & Linux Only)

The Power Status Simulator simulates a battery-operated environment for an application running on a system that is AC powered.

Development platforms are typically AC powered and don't provide an option to operate on batteries. Power Status Simulator provides a user-controllable power environment for software developers and testers to help them develop power-aware applications for battery powered mobile computers on an AC-powered development platform.

2) Application Energy Graphing Tool

The Application Energy Graphing Tool is an interactive tool that can measure the battery power consumption of an application over time, and log and graph the resulting data.

Application developers can use the Application Energy Graphing Tool to help them design applications that conserve battery power on mobile computer systems.

3) Application Energy Command Line Tool

The Application Energy Command Line Tool automates the process of determining the total power consumption and net power consumption of an application running on a battery-operated system. It provides some of the same functionality as the Application Energy Graphing tool, but enables automated testing from a command line interface or batch processing.

System Requirements
CPU:Intel microprocessor preferred Pentium4 and above models.
OS:Microsoft Windows XP SP2 or Microsoft Windows Vista.
Linux 2.6 kernel (Dependencies QT >= 4.3, HAL, D-BUS, ncurses)
Mac OS X Leopard
HDD:10 MB or above.
RAM:512MB and above.
Batteries:ACPI-Compliant Battery.

Technical Documents

Download and Discussion

If you have any questions and/or input on this evaluator tool, please go to the mobile developer community forum to chat with developers and Intel engineers.

About Authors

Judy Hartley is a Software Applications Engineer working for Intel Corporation’s Software and Solutions Group in Hillsboro, OR.  She worked for 5 years in Chandler, Arizona as a Product Development Engineer before transitioning to SSG in November of 2005.

Tareq Darwish is a software engineer working on Platform Power Enabling as part of client enabling in the Software Solutions Group. His current focus is on defining tools and technologies to support the development of energy-efficient software for Intel-based mobile platforms. Prior to working at Intel, He worked for 9 years with Lexmark Int. in Lexington Kentucky as a Software Development Engineer. He earned his MS degree in Applied Computing and Software Engineering at Eastern Kentucky University. His email is tareq.h.darwish@intel.com

Joe Olivas is a software engineer working on Platform Power Enabling as part of client enabling in the Software Solutions Group. His current focus on defining tools and technologies to support the development of energy-efficient software for Intel-based mobile platforms. He obtained his Masters degree in Computer Science from California State University, Sacramento. His email is joseph.k.olivas@intel.com

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