Please see the CC2420 datasheet and the Tmote Sky datasheet.  Both
indicate that, yes, power consumption is lower during transmission.

-Joe

On 5/17/06, Mark Darragh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi All,

I was just wondering if the tmote moves from sleep mode to calling
GenericComm.start() quite a bit of extra power is consumed (about a 20mA
jump) and remains being consumed until it is stopped again even if nothing
else is happening.  I was just wondering what is the major cause of this
power consumption?

Also it would appear that when a transmission is taking place, whatever was
consuming this power is interrupted and a different *lower* power flucuation
occurs.  Can anyone explain why the power consumption is lower when
transmitting than when not?  Thanks.

Regards,
Mark

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