Well, do you mean all the power-saving functions and modules are just for conceptual use but without really switching the AVR MCU into sleep mode?
Ivan On 1/13/06, Harri Siirtola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That's interesting. Looking at CountSleepRadio, all it does is call > Enable() in the init(), then for every timer interrupt it just calls > GenericComm.stop(). And the consumption drops below 50uV between transmits. > > I've always thought the lower levels take care of calling both Enable() and > AdjustPower(). Anyway, a fact is that power saving modes don't work in > MicaZ applications, even though there are many compiler switches and naming > conventions that make you believe they do. > > Regards, > > Harri > > At 05:28 PM 1/12/2006 -0500, Razvan Musaloiu-E. wrote: > >Hi! > > > >In my application, disabling the radio reduced the power consumption from > >~20mA to ~2mA (this is Idle mode). To get the MicaZ in the Power Save mode > >I had to wired the HPLPowerManagementM and call the enable() function. > >After that the consumption dropped to about 0.2mA. > > > >I hope this helps... > > > >-- > >Razvan ME > > > >On Wed, 11 Jan 2006, Harri Siirtola wrote: > > > > > > > > Sorry, my previous reply was a bit confusing. Power saving is there by > > > default in the latest installations, all you have to do is "stop" the > > > radio > > > and serve pending interrupts (timers can be left running, of course). > > > That's what you can see in the CountRadio apps. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Harri > > > > > > At 02:16 AM 1/11/2006 -0500, Ivan Wing Mau Cheung wrote: > > > >Hi, > > > > > > > >The mote is used to keep track of light intensity but need a power-saving > > > >solution to extend the battery life. Due to this constraint, the > > > >processor > > > >Atmel ATmega128L cannot be changed to other states, such as Power Down or > > > >Power Save. However, I am thinking of whether it is possible to power > > > >down > > > >the antenna of Micaz since it still consumes large amount of power in > > > >receiving mode. But I couldn't find any commands in TinyOS that allows me > > > >to do so. Does anybody encounter this problem before? Does anybody have > > > >any idea of conserving power according to this constraint? > > > > > > > >Thank you, > > > >Ivan > > > > > _______________________________________________ Tinyos-help mailing list [email protected] https://mail.millennium.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tinyos-help
