I have not tested with iris motes, but with telosb motes. With 2 AA batteries if the radio is ON all the time then the lifetime is only in terms of days. I am guessing iris mote is not very different. If you want it to survive for months then you need to do sleep wake cycling.
> Hi > > I am about to deploy a network of about 15 iris nodes powered by 2xAA > batteries. They are connected to the mts420, 5 with and 10 without the gps > module. They poll the sensirion sensirion for humidity and humidity, which > they send to a basestation with intervals of 1-5 minutes. This is not done > synchronized as of now. The nodes run a simple version of RPL, and must be > able to relay packets. > > I have currently not implemented any power control for these nodes. I am > figuring out whether I should implement any power control. Does someone > have experience with the battery lifetime of the iris nodes. How long can > I expect the motes to be powered without changing batteries. I am looking > for a rough estimate as to whether this is days, weeks, or months > > Regards > Jan Egil Vestbø > _______________________________________________ > Tinyos-help mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.millennium.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tinyos-help > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ Tinyos-help mailing list [email protected] https://www.millennium.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tinyos-help
