Hi flyingfred0!
Not really; I haven't investigated more about this problem...I'm using 
rtcwake at the moment but I would be glad if you find a powerful standby 
mode way.

Il giorno mercoledì 3 maggio 2017 17:27:08 UTC+2, [email protected] ha 
scritto:
>
> The AM335x platform already includes a Cortex M3 for exactly this purpose 
> -- a low power MCU that can be used to wake the system on certain 
> interrupts (
> http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/AM335x_Power_Management_Standby_User%27s_Guide#Linux_Implementation
> )
>
> I don't yet have the wakeup working on a 4.4.x kernel, but will post an 
> update when I figure it out.
>
> Davide -- have you have any luck since posting this question?
>
>
> On Thursday, February 16, 2017 at 3:11:56 PM UTC-5, William Hermans wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 1:04 PM, Davide Aguiari <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> We're looking for something less external mcu-based in order to exploit 
>>> all the AM335x capabilities. I would prefer consume a bit more without 
>>> making the project too complex with programming an external mcu :)
>>>
>>> I'm wondering if the BB offers a inner way to sleep/awake or at least 
>>> the possibility to use the GPIO and the external rtc with the interrupt. 
>>> I'm trying rtcwake with 'standby' mode and it's working quite good, but 
>>> the best (imho) wat would be the 'mem' mode if it's possible to wake it up 
>>> with the rtc (rtc0 or rtc1).
>>>
>>> I'm using an external RTC because I will have possible situations 
>>> without the access to Internet, like you guessed.
>>>
>>
>> If you leave out the need for an external MCU, the system will not be 
>> robust, nor efficient.
>>
>> I'm not saying what you want is not possible, I'm honestly not sure if 
>> this is possible on this platform or not. More or less like it's possible 
>> and most if not all X86 style systems. What I am saying is that if you rely 
>> solely on the beaglebone, you're asking for trouble. For several reasons, 
>> but for starters, there is no functional watchdog hardware module on the 
>> beaglebone. Passed that, if the processor on the beaglebone has to be 
>> active, but even in low power mode. The PMIC has to be active as well. 
>> Comparatively, this will use a lot of power. Compared to something that was 
>> specifically designed to use micro, or nano amps.
>>
>> Those are just two reasons. There are many more reasons if you think 
>> about it hard.
>>
>

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