Urs,

Sorry I forgot you used 3v lab power supply. So I revised my diagram as
following:



>
>
> +-----------------------------+-----------------------------------+-------------------+
>         |
> |                                    |                    |
>     mote                   resistor (1 or 10 Ohm)      3v Power
> Oscilloscope or multimeter
>         |
> |                                    |                    |
>
> +-----------------------------+-----------------------------------+-------------------+
>
>
>
>
>
> David
>
>
>
> On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 11:50 PM, Urs Hunkeler <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi David,
>>
>> I use a high-precision 1 Ohm or 10 Ohm resistor connected in series
>> between the mote and a laboratory power supply set to 3V. I then measure the
>> voltage over the resistor with a digital oscilloscope. This allows me to
>> sample the power consumption at a high frequency and thus distinguish
>> between different phases of operation (radio turning on vs. listening vs.
>> actually sending data).
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Urs
>>
>>
>>
>> David Li wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> This is probably an age old question that was asked many times. I did
>>> search
>>> the archive but didn't find exactly what I was looking for. I am using
>>> TinyOS 2.1 on Ubuntu 9.10 on Iris motes.
>>>
>>> What's kind of instruments do people normally use to measure current and
>>> power consumptions? What's the standard practice to use these on motes
>>> running TinyOS2.1?
>>>
>>> I have heard about NI and Agilent. But I am hoping someone can point me
>>> to
>>> some detailed example or documentation.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> David
>>>
>>
>
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