Hi! Did you take into account the amount of energy used by the atmega1281 as well? When the radio is on then the MCU is on as well. Miklos
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 2:16 PM, Francesco Ficarola <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok, I solved it. The problem was the current that came from the lab > power supply; in fact it wasn't high enough. > > The measure of current when the Iris mote sends a message is 20 mA. Is > it right? The manual shows 17 mA. > > > > Francesco Ficarola ha scritto: >> Any ideas? >> >> I tried to connect the plus terminal of lab power supply to the plus >> terminal of multimeter, then I connect the minus terminal of multimeter >> to the VCC of Iris Mote (plus terminal of battery pack) and the GND of >> Iris Mote (minus terminal of battery pack) to the minus terminal of lab >> power supply. Finally I turned on the switch. The multimeter shows 8.5 >> mA, but I can not understand what is this value beacause the Iris Mote >> seems off; in fact when it send a message the red led is on, but all >> led, with this configuration, are off. >> >> Someone can help me? Thanks. >> >> >> Francesco Ficarola ha scritto: >>> Hi everybody. >>> I have an Iris mote and I installed the TestLpl app. Now I'd like to >>> measure the current values for comparison with the manual provided by >>> Crossbow. I also have a multimeter. Where do I break the circuit to >>> insert the multimeter if battery pack is soldered on the mote? If you >>> can help, there is a switch "on/off". >>> >>> P.S. If I can not use the battery pack I also have a lab power supply >>> with 0-30V and 0-2A ranges. >>> >>> Greetings, >> >> > > > -- > Francesco Ficarola <francesco.ficarola_at_gmail_dot_com> > Presidente LUG-PV (http://lugpv.netsons.org) > Mailing List: lugpv_at_lists.linux_dot_it > > [GPG KeyID: 0xDBA99D92] > http://lugpv.netsons.org/gpgkeys/francesco_ficarola.asc > > Il nuovo modo di fare ricerca: www.tradoogle.it > > > _______________________________________________ > Tinyos-help mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.millennium.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tinyos-help > _______________________________________________ Tinyos-help mailing list [email protected] https://www.millennium.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tinyos-help
