Battery
Dell Latitude Rugged use the following 3-cell battery options:
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3-cell 51 Whr (ExpressCharge)
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3-cell 51 Whr (Long-Life Cycle, includes 3 year limited warranty)
The battery is located on the rear of the system and is hot swap capable. This design is unlike any other Dell predecessors laptops, where
system needs to be powered off when the battery is removed, without the need to remove the bottom cover.
NOTE:
Battery is categorized as a CRU (Customer Replaceable Unit) on this platform.
NOTE:
Battery typically requires about 2 hours to fully charge.
Battery Specifications
What is ExpressCharge ?
For a system advertised as having the ExpressCharge feature, the battery typically will have greater than 80% charge after about an hour
of charging with the system off and fully charged in about 2 hours with the system off.
Enabling Expresscharge requires that both the system and the battery that is used on the system be ExpressCharge capable. If any of the
above requirements is missing, ExpressCharge will not be enabled.
What is BATTMAN?
BATTMAN is a computer controlled battery manager intended for typical rechargeable batteries. It has the following capabilities:
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Monitors self-discharge
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Measures internal resistance
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Automatically performs repeated discharge/charge cycles to break in new batteries
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Keeps a log of all operations performed, which can be imported
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Connects via parallel port to any PC running Microsoft Windows
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Operating software, complete with source code, is available to download
Processors
This laptop is shipped with the following Intel 6th generation i5 SkyLake or 7th and 8th Generation KabyLake processors:
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Intel Core i3, 7130U KabyLake processor
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Intel Core i5, 8350U KabyLake or 6300U SkyLake processors
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Intel Core i7, 8650U KabyLake processor series
NOTE:
The clock speed and performance varies depending on the workload and other variables.
Skylake processor
Intel Skylake is the successor to the Intel® Broadwell processor. It is a microarchitecture redesign using an already existing process
technology and it will be branded as Intel 6th Gen Core. Like Broadwell, Skylake is available in four variants with suffixes SKL-Y, SKL-H, and
SKL-U.
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