How much power does the ESP8266 use?

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MQTT RGB LEDs Using JSON for Home Assistant

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How much power does the ESP8266 use? #50

Open seanspotatobusiness opened 5 years ago

seanspotatobusiness commented 5 years ago

I'm thinking about changing the voltage regulator to a buck for efficiency but if the ESP8266 only draws a small amount of current most of the time then maybe it's not worth it. About how much power do you expect the ESP8266 to draw most of the time?