Thanks Gerald - that was quick.

Excuse my beginner question. How exactly would I do that or where could I learn 
how to do that?
I never sent any I2C command to anybody and have no clue how to ;)

Best, Niko


On 18 Nov 2013, at 21:34, Gerald Coley <[email protected]> wrote:

> HDMI cannot be powered down without taking down the 1.8V rail. You can 
> certainly take down all the rails via the PMIC, but that may be too low in 
> power as that would shut everything down.
> 
> If HDMI is not connected, no cable, the framer does go into a lower power 
> mode. You could also take the LCD pins and turn them off, either high or low, 
> to save some power as well.
> 
> To turn ff rails, send I2C commands to the PMIC. refer to the datasheet..But, 
> be careful not to have devices partially powered, devcies off and signal pins 
> still active.
> 
> Gerald
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 2:01 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi everybody
> 
> Interesting discussion. I also would like to keep power consumption to a 
> minimum for my headless BBB.
> 
> @Gerald: How exactly would you power down the rails and HDMI?
> 
> Best regards,
> Niko.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Wednesday, May 15, 2013 2:27:52 PM UTC+2, Gerald wrote:
> You can put the boar din a sleep mode depending on how much asleep you want 
> too go. You can turn of the 3.3V rail and the 1.8V rail to save power by 
> writing I2C commands to the TPS65217C.. I don't know what peripherals you 
> still want to be active so this may not work..
> 
> You can power down the HDMI by sending I2C commands to it, but it may or may 
> not save you the amount of power you are looking for.
> 
> Gerald
> 
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