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iPad Meltdown

http://forums.skydemon.aero/Topic9855.aspx

By WinHern - 7/13/2013 5:20:50 PM

Whilst happily flying along using Skydemon today, my iPad got too hot and shut itself down. Fortunately I had a paper plog and had the chart handy. I put the iPad near a cool air vent and had it working again in 10 minutes.

I appreciate this problem is NOT down to Skydemon, but was wondering:
1) Is it possible for SkyDemon to read the internal temperature of the iPad, and issue a warning if it gets close to the shutdown point?
2) I suspect a lot of the heat is generated by running the display. We do not look at the display constantly, outside is far more important. Would it be possible to have a button at the edge of the screen that would dim the display, but leave everything else running? A tap anywhere on the screen would then bring full brightness back.
By WinHern - 7/16/2013 9:28:44 PM

If you close the cover it sleeps SkyDemon, so you lose the logging information which is unfortunate.

I don't seem to be the only person who has suffered this weekend:
http://forums.flyer.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=84254