Ok, it goes down to IDLE and not full power, maybe that, but I am curious since there are other chips that consume energy as well. Miklos
On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 9:42 AM, Francesco Ficarola <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Miklos.As usual, thanks for your replies. > I take into account the amount of energy used by MCU, but, in this case, > the sum is 17 mA (transmit) + 8 mA (processor in full operation) = 25 > mA, while I got 20-21 mA. So, the only idea that comes to my mind is > that the processor doesn't work at full operation. What do you think so? > > -- > 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 > > > > Miklos Maroti ha scritto: >> 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 > _______________________________________________ Tinyos-help mailing list [email protected] https://www.millennium.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tinyos-help
