On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 1:08 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, everyone. I'm testing the power consumption of the WL1835MOD of BBBW. So > I need to turn the WL1835MOD off and on to check the power consuming > difference. I have tried several ways to turn it off but failed. The ways I > tried: > > ifconfig wlan0 down. No power consuming difference is observed. The WL led > is still on after I tried the command. I guess the WiFi was not really off. > According to > (http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/WiLink8_WLAN_Demo:_Linux#Configuring_the_Target, > "For low-power modes, the WL18xx chip can be held in a suspend/shutdown mode > where it will draw minimal current in order to preserve battery > life/minimize power draw. These commands can be run on any supported > platform, including, but not limited to, the AM335x, AM437x, AM57x, and > BeagleBone." After I followed the below instructions, almost every thing on > the BBBW was turned off. But I only need the WL1835MOD to turn off. > > mount -t debugfs debugfs /tmp/ > echo 1 > /tmp/pm_debug/enable_off_mode > mount -t debugfs debugfs /tmp/ > > According to > (http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian#U-Boot_Overlays), I > could disable WL1835MOD to boot by uncommenting > #disable_uboot_overlay_wireless=1, but the wifi and bluetooth still boot up > after I restarted the BBBW. > > Does anyone has any idea how to turn off the WL1835MOD? Thank you.
Removing FB1 would do the trick: https://github.com/beagleboard/beaglebone-black-wireless/blob/master/BeagleBone_Black_Wireless_SCH.pdf Regards, -- Robert Nelson https://rcn-ee.com/ -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/CAOCHtYjKNs%2BAQrNRdAupmxMuH%3DgOxFamtG0cBsHqCQjVaTxo%2Bw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
