Thanks Shawn. I only used a simple multimeter to measure current. It'd be nice to have the equipment to make nice plots like the ones you made. However I think in my case that much detail wasn't necessary to draw a conclusion that current consumption increases after *poweroff* had completed. I think I remember reading someone saying that when being halted the CPU goes into a while(1) loop or something - which may explain why the current goes up, but I'm not sure.
Using "freeze" was the only power state that did anything, but it unfortunately didn't lower the draw any. I have considered adding a microcontroller to the design to cut power to the overall system. However, it seems like that complication could be avoided with some software work. I'd much rather let the professionals work on the software than try it myself since I have much less experience with this sort of thing. If there is no current solution, it would at least be nice to get an estimated timeframe for when, if ever, it may be looked into. So I don't go designing a microcontroller, etc into my design only to have the software fixed afterwords and my efforts be rendered unnecessary before I even get it finished :). Anyway, thanks for your input Shawn. Always good to know I'm not the only one experiencing a problem. Glad you got it figured out for your project! Regards, -Seth -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
