gauteh / sfy

🌊 A lightweight wave buoy for near-shore deployments.
MIT License
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Power usage for continuous sampling #3

Closed gauteh closed 1 year ago

gauteh commented 2 years ago

IMU: should be about 1.5 mA

NiMH (rechargable)

1x3 D-cells (5700 mAh) GP Recyko: about 48 hours 2x4 C-cells (3000 mAh) Panasonic: about 3 days (uncertain). 2x4 C-cells (2800 mAh) Panasonic: about 3 days.

Alkaline

2x3 D-cells, with supercaps (batteries: GP): 13 days. 1x3 D-cells, with Pololu-regulator, no caps (batteries: GP): at least 48h 2x3 C-cells, with supercaps (batteries: Duracell ProIntense): 9 days