Thank you very much. But how to Remove the FB1? Could you shed some light on how to do that? On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 15:02 Robert Nelson <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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/CAMGS9F7-5Z3KuQ12_XzH-w%2Bqia69x%3DYmOcQERObzKK9pQecQOw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
