How to get low current consumption nrf52840

Hi there,

7 mA in sleep is a lot. Are you using a custom board or a development kit? There is no need to call __SEV(), WFE(), WFE() and idle_state_handle() as they effectively do the same.

regards

Jared 

HI Jared

Not really, I am using a generic module (BAST), the 7mA  is current from ICM-20948(gyroscope and accelerometer) then 0.8 to 1mA is possibly of module , i am no sure. 

I am using different sensor devices , SSD1306(spi), MAX30101(I2C),ICM20948(I2C), 

ICM20948 and BLE is always turn on,  normally ssd1306 and max30101 is shutdown,    

if i dont use  __SEV(), WFE(), WFE(); the consumption is 13 mA with the module and ICM20948 turn on , then i have no idea why , in my application i need the ICM always turn on,

I saw this guide "current consumption guide" but I don't have results 

do you have other guide ? or example ?

thanks and regards  

Hi,

We have this guide for the nRF52 series. 

Marcos Tadeo said:

ICM20948 and BLE is always turn on,  normally ssd1306 and max30101 is shutdown,    

Are you advertising/scanning or in a connection?

What do you measure if you flash the chip with the unmodified ble_app_beacon example from the SDK?

regards

Jared 

HI,

i am using ble_app_uart example , the ICM20948 is a fall detect application and I send a message by BLE when fall is detected 

I am using both scanning and connection BLE, nrf_calendar also, 

we detected possibly ICM20948 is the problem, because, I tested  ble app uart example with two buttons ,

the buttons send a message over NUS, and the consumption was 1.3 mA  avg, the icm20948 manufacturer in their data sheet says the current consumption should be 1.26mA   , I measure the device and the consumption was 7mA, I will check your guide , and test again 

thanks and regards

sorry my English is not good

Hi again

the icm 20948 consumption is 7mA

the module nrf52 3.1 mA, if i use the sequense  __SEV(), WFE(), WFE();  the current is .8mA but the process i little bit  slow 

Hi,

Do you have a nRF52 development kit that you can test application on? How do you differentiate the current consumed by the nRF52 and the ICM 20948?

Marcos Tadeo said:

i am using ble_app_uart example , the ICM20948 is a fall detect application and I send a message by BLE when fall is detected 

I am using both scanning and connection BLE, nrf_calendar also, 

we detected possibly ICM20948 is the problem, because, I tested  ble app uart example with two buttons ,

the buttons send a message over NUS, and the consumption was 1.3 mA  avg, the icm20948 manufacturer in their data sheet says the current consumption should be 1.26mA   , I measure the device and the consumption was 7mA, I will check your guide , and test again 

1.2 mA avg current for unmodified ble_app_uart is high. Can you test unmodified ble_app_beacon example too?

regards

Jared 

Hi,

Do you have a nRF52 development kit that you can test application on? How do you differentiate the current consumed by the nRF52 and the ICM 20948?

Marcos Tadeo said:

i am using ble_app_uart example , the ICM20948 is a fall detect application and I send a message by BLE when fall is detected 

I am using both scanning and connection BLE, nrf_calendar also, 

we detected possibly ICM20948 is the problem, because, I tested  ble app uart example with two buttons ,

the buttons send a message over NUS, and the consumption was 1.3 mA  avg, the icm20948 manufacturer in their data sheet says the current consumption should be 1.26mA   , I measure the device and the consumption was 7mA, I will check your guide , and test again 

1.2 mA avg current for unmodified ble_app_uart is high. Can you test unmodified ble_app_beacon example too?

regards

Jared 

HI jared 

I tested ble_app_beacon example , and the consumption was 0.3mA thats good, i am using ble_app_uart example, what is the diference? because i tested  ble_app_uart with two gpiote interrupts I am not using the serial port tx and rx,  only to receive messages over NUS , and the consumption was 1.2mA, do I need to disable  something? is my firts time using nrf52840 xd

regards 

Hi,

The ble_app_uart example has not been power optimized. If you want to decrease current consumption, then you can adjust the advertising parameters such as the increasing the advertising interval and decreasing the TX power, you could also turn off the logger module. Here is a thread that sum up some suggestions for decreasing the current consumption for the ble_app_uart example. 

regards

Jared 

HI,

Aah ok,  you right, I disabled  uart, from sdk_config, And now I have low  consumption, 

but sometimes i have a error when i am using this, "snprintf" 

memset(printf_buffer, 0x00, sizeof(printf_buffer));
snprintf(printf_buffer, 10, "E1");
length = strlen(printf_buffer);
uint32_t err_code = ble_nus_data_send(&m_nus, (uint8_t *)printf_buffer, &length, m_conn_handle);

thanks for your help 

regards 

Hi,

Could you specify what error you get? It would be great if you could share the error log? 

regards

Jared 

Hello

yes, sure 

when I comment uart_init in my application, don't works , but dont shows a specific error

 sdk_config is disabled uarte, and i dont have a problem abaut this

but if is diabled this app_uart_enable

shows this

linking...
.\_build\nrf52840_xxaa.axf: Error: L6218E: Undefined symbol app_uart_get (referred from main.o).
.\_build\nrf52840_xxaa.axf: Error: L6218E: Undefined symbol app_uart_put (referred from main.o).
Not enough information to list image symbols.
Not enough information to list load addresses in the image map.
Finished: 2 information, 0 warning and 2 error messages.
".\_build\nrf52840_xxaa.axf" - 2 Error(s), 6 Warning(s).
Target not created.
Build Time Elapsed:  00:00:52

i comented all about uart_init

.\_build\nrf52840_xxaa.axf: Error: L6218E: Undefined symbol app_uart_get (referred from retarget.o).
.\_build\nrf52840_xxaa.axf: Error: L6218E: Undefined symbol app_uart_put (referred from retarget.o).
Not enough information to list image symbols.
Not enough information to list load addresses in the image map.
Finished: 2 information, 0 warning and 2 error messages.
".\_build\nrf52840_xxaa.axf" - 2 Error(s), 3 Warning(s).
Target not created.
Build Time Elapsed:  00:00:03

i need to send and receive data over NUS, thats why  im using ble_uart example , but dont use the serial port tx/rx 

im using this for to send data nrf52 to appNordic

memset(printf_buffer, 0x00, sizeof(printf_buffer));
snprintf(printf_buffer, 10, "E1");
length = strlen(printf_buffer);
uint32_t err_code = ble_nus_data_send(&m_nus, (uint8_t *)printf_buffer, &length, m_conn_handle);

i comented 

uart_init

uart_event_handle

thanks and regards