Thanks ,

That sounds pretty neat. I will try that .

Somnath

On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 1:48 PM, Saikat Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Have you disconnected the mote from the battery? The correct arrangement is
> as follows:
>
> Let the
> battery (power supply) terminals be "A" and "B"
> resistor terminals be "C" and "D"
> mote terminals be "E" and "F".
>
> Usually the battery and the mote would be connected: i.e., "A" is connected
> to "E" and "B" is connected to "F".
>
> Break the connection. In mica motes, the battery (box) is soldered on the
> PCB. You need to remove the solders and take the battery box out.
> Alternately (if you are not in a destructive mood), do not put any batteries
> in the battery box that is connected to mica mote. Instead, use a separate
> battery box and connect it to the mote's power supply pins using wires.
>
> Now attach "A" to "C", "D" to "E" and "F" to "B".
>
> Now place turn on the mote and connect your multimeter probes (in voltage
> reading mode) to points "C" and "D".
>
> Of course the description above can be paraphrased as "put the resistor in
> series".
>
> On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 9:27 PM, Shomnat Mitra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Hello ,
>>
>> I have gone through several help archives to find a way to measure the
>> current draw of the motes.
>>
>> All suggest using a 1 ohm resistor  in series with the + ve terminal of
>> the battery and the other end of the resistor attached to the PCB,
>> and measuring the voltage across this resistor.
>>
>> The readings are 1.5V which is the battery voltage.
>> I have tried several positions on the mote to attach the resistor, but
>> none show any change.
>>
>> The reading also doesn't show any change when I use HPLPowerManagement in
>> my programs.
>>
>> Is it because i am using a Multimeter ?
>>
>> Can anybody suggest the exact way to do this ?
>>
>> Thanks in advance ,
>> Somnath
>>
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