Hi, > First, in previous posts, I was totally confused because, with LPL, in > the sleep period my multimeter showed 3 mA. This morning I discovered > that this value is given by the PRINTF library. In fact if I compile the > application with the flag: > > CFLAGS += -I$(TOSDIR)/lib/printf > > in the Makefile, then in the sleep period I have ~ 3 mA. Incredible! :) I think that if you enable printf, the mote will activate the serial port (to send the debugging messages) and the micro-controller will not go to sleep if the serial port is active. (Incidentally, I think there is a bug in TinyOS: when you activate the serial port and then deactivate it again, the micro-controller will still not go to sleep mode).
I currently don't have access to fancy lab equipment, either, and I was thinking about using a sound card (an external USB one to not damage the computer in case something goes wrong) as a replacement for an oscilloscope. What do you think of this idea? Cheers, Urs _______________________________________________ Tinyos-help mailing list [email protected] https://www.millennium.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tinyos-help
