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This page contains information on the amount of energy used by each subsystem of the [[Nokia N900|N900]], and where applicable ways it can be reduced. | This page contains information on the amount of energy used by each subsystem of the [[Nokia N900|N900]], and where applicable ways it can be reduced. | ||
- | Much of any reduction will require additional software, some may be possible by altering user behavior in ways that | + | Much of any reduction will require additional software, some may be possible by altering user behavior in ways that don't impact the users overall experience.. |
- | Measuring power usage is hard. For example | + | Measuring power usage is hard. For example - power consumption of the speakers/speaker-amp has to be disentangled from power consumption of reading a file from SD/emmc, decoding it, pulseaudios power use, and the DAC power use. |
- | Below currents are from l3/l4 manual - assumed to be from a supply at | + | Below currents are from l3/l4 manual - assumed to be from a supply at 5V. |
- | * FMTX | + | * FMTX 19mA - l3/4 |
- | * WLAN on - no powersave - | + | * WLAN on - no powersave - 200mA |
- | * WLAN transmit 802.11b - | + | * WLAN transmit 802.11b - 150mA |
- | Battery parameters can be monitored thru fuel gauge | + | Battery parameters can be monitored thru fuel gauge asic TI BQ27200 [http://focus.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/bq27200.pdf] |
==Some preliminary numbers using [[N900 Hardware Charge Meter|the battery monitor chip]].== | ==Some preliminary numbers using [[N900 Hardware Charge Meter|the battery monitor chip]].== | ||
- | These numbers are biased, and represent best cases. Some have had outliers which may be normal and unavoidable current spikes removed. This is under the assumption that the minimal power represents the minimum power achievable, and it should long-term be possible to - possibly with software patches - achieve these. +x indicates the measurement is for that element only. A raw measurement has no + | + | These numbers are biased, and represent best cases. Some have had outliers which may be normal and unavoidable current spikes removed. This is under the assumption that the minimal power represents the minimum power achievable, and it should long-term be possible to - possibly with software patches - achieve these. +x indicates the measurement is for that element only. A raw measurement has no +, and is a total. Unless otherwise mentioned, numbers are for the idle locked case, with screen off. |
Assume | Assume | ||
- | * Suspend (echo mem >/sys/power/state), wifi and GSM off. | + | * Suspend (echo mem >/sys/power/state), wifi and GSM off. 2mA. |
- | * Suspend, GSM on, connected to 3G (2 bars) | + | * Suspend, GSM on, connected to 3G (2 bars) 5mA. |
- | * Suspend, GSM on, connected to 2G. (2 bars) 3. | + | * Suspend, GSM on, connected to 2G. (2 bars) 3.6mA |
- | + | * Idle, no SIM, wlan off 7mA@4.1V | |
- | * Idle, no SIM, wlan off | + | * Wifi on with maximum powersaving. +~2mA |
- | * Wifi on with maximum powersaving. +~ | + | * MMC card in. Under 1mA |
- | + | * Xchat running, sporadic traffic. +8mA | |
- | * MMC card in. Under | + | * Screen on, no backlight. +80mA |
- | * Xchat running, sporadic traffic. + | + | * Backlight on max +150mA |
- | * Screen on, no backlight. + | + | * Media player playing mp3, one step above mute. 110mA |
- | * Backlight on max + | + | * Vibrator at max +100mA |
- | * Media player playing | + | * md5sum /dev/zero 250mA |
- | * Vibrator at max + | + | * md5sum /dev/mmcblk1p1 - 1G SD card. 240mA |
- | * md5sum /dev/zero | + | * md5sum /dev/mmcblk0 - internal MMC 240mA (these indicate the CPU is somewhat idle, waiting on IO, and this counteracts any increased power use by the memory) |
- | * md5sum /dev/mmcblk1p1 - 1G SD card. | + | * camera active, showing preview. (backlight off) 210ma |
- | * md5sum /dev/mmcblk0 - internal MMC | + | * GPS - location test gui - in continuous GPS recieve mode - +50-80mA |
- | * camera active, showing preview. (backlight off) | + | * 3G connected, good signal, no data or other activity +8mA. |
- | * GPS - location test gui - in continuous GPS recieve mode - +50- | + | * 2G connected, good signal, no data or other activity +5mA |
- | * 3G connected, good signal, no data or other activity + | + | |
- | * 2G connected, good signal, no data or other activity + | + | |
===2G data, short pings=== | ===2G data, short pings=== | ||
- | + | * 1s ping 130ma | |
- | + | * 10s ping 70ma | |
- | * | + | * 30s ping 45 |
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===3.5G data, short pings=== | ===3.5G data, short pings=== | ||
- | + | * 1s 186ma | |
- | * | + | * 10s 120ma approx |
- | * | + | * 30s 136ma |
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===3.5g data, long pings (8000 bytes)=== | ===3.5g data, long pings (8000 bytes)=== | ||
+ | * 1s 240 | ||
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- | * | + | * 10s 205 |
- | * | + | * 30s 120 |
===2G data, long pings (8000 bytes) (with specified seconds between pings)=== | ===2G data, long pings (8000 bytes) (with specified seconds between pings)=== | ||
+ | * 1s 160 | ||
+ | * 10s 105 | ||
+ | * 30s 50ma | ||
- | + | 3G sending file at 150k/s 375ma | |
- | + | 3G recieving at 200k/s 275mA | |
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+ | random adds: | ||
- | + | WLAN PS-mode medium,10mW, ssh login active, local xterm with bq27200 script loop -9, screen blanked, aggressive custom breathing indicator light: 20mA | |
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+ | =Software= | ||
Many software subsystems interact to aim to reduce battery usage. | Many software subsystems interact to aim to reduce battery usage. | ||
- | + | * [[Wifi_power_saving_mode]] | |
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[[Category:N900]] | [[Category:N900]] | ||
[[Category:N900 Hardware]] | [[Category:N900 Hardware]] |
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