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Measure power consumption 🔌

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Description

Once nice thing about microcontrollers is their low power consumption. We should measure it! While running inference and while idle/suspended.

I assume it'll consume less power when driven with 3.3V directly instead of 5V USB. I think the PMIC used here should work with a battery. Sheets 3 and 4 of this schematic are probably useful to figure this out.

There are also some relevant notes on power savings in this draft.

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Research direction

Review sheets 3 and 4 of the Coral Dev Board Micro schematic and the power-saving notes in draft-coral-appnotes/PowerSavings.pdf to identify the relevant power paths and measurement setup. Measure consumption during inference and while idle or suspended, comparing direct 3.3V power with 5V USB if feasible, and document the results.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
embedded-iot, performance
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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